app a1, appal an

t. & i. [Often de rived from Fr. palir ( t.) = to make pale, (i) to grow pale; but Wedgwood considers that it is with pall, and not with pale, that it is con nected.] A. Transitive: "To cause to pall;" to take away or lose the vital power, whether through age or sudden terror, horror, or the like. (Wedgwood.) Spec ., to inspire with terror; greatly to terrify; thoroughly to discourage; to paralyse energy through the influence of fear. "That in the weak man's way like lions stand, His soul appal , and damp his rising fire? Thomson: Castle of Indolence , ii. 60. B. Intransitive: To come under the influence of terror; to become dismayed; to become discouraged; to have the energy para lysed with fright. "To make his power to appallen , and to fayle." Lydgate. "Therewith her wrath full courage 'gan appal , And haughtie spirits meekely to adaw. Spenser: F. Q., IV. vi. 26.