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ap·pall (ə pôl′)

transitive verb

to fill with horror or dismay; shock

Etymology: ME apallen < OFr apalir < a-, to + palir, to grow pale < L palescere < pallere, to be pale: see pale

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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