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appalled, ppl. a.|əˈpɔːld|
[f. appal v. + -ed.]
†1. Made pale or faint; enfeebled. Obs.
1577St. Aug. Manuell 33 To refresh my appalled sprights. 1616Surfl. & Markh. Countr. Farm 349 To set in strength againe their feebled and appalled force.
†2. Rendered flat or stale, as a fermented liquor. Obs., but see palled.
1601Holland Pliny xxiii. i, If it be too weake and apalled, the way to revive it againe, is with Pepper. Ibid. (1634) I. 425 Wine..will lose the strength, and become apalled in extremitie of cold.
3. Bereft of courage or self-possession at the sudden recognition of something dreadful; dismayed; also fig.
1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. iv. v. 4 Giue with thy Trumpet a loud note..that the appauled aire May pierce the head of the great Combatant. 1866Kingsley Herew. xvii. 208 Hereward sat down, silent and appalled. |