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pale1       [peyl] Pronunciation Key adjective, pal·er, pal·est, verb, paled, pal·ing.
–adjective
1.lacking intensity of color; colorless or whitish: a pale complexion.
2.of a low degree of chroma, saturation, or purity; approaching white or gray: pale yellow.
3.not bright or brilliant; dim: the pale moon.
4.faint or feeble; lacking vigor: a pale protest.
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
5.to make or become pale: to pale at the sight of blood.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME < MF < L pallidus pallid]

palely, adverb
paleness, noun

1. Pale, pallid, wan imply an absence of color, esp. from the human countenance. Pale implies a faintness or absence of color, which may be natural when applied to things, the pale blue of a violet, but when used to refer to the human face usually means an unnatural and often temporary absence of color, as arising from sickness or sudden emotion: pale cheeks. Pallid, limited mainly to the human countenance, implies an excessive paleness induced by intense emotion, disease, or death: the pallid lips of the dying man. Wan implies a sickly paleness, as after a long illness: wan and thin; the suggestion of weakness may be more prominent than that of lack of color: a wan smile. 5. blanch, whiten.
1. ruddy. 5. darken.
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pale 2       (pāl)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   pal·er, pal·est
  1. Whitish in complexion; pallid.
    1. Of a low intensity of color; light.
    2. Having high lightness and low saturation.
  2. Of a low intensity of light; dim or faint: "a late afternoon sun coming through the el tracks and falling in pale oblongs on the cracked, empty sidewalks" (Jimmy Breslin).
  3. Feeble; weak: a pale rendition of the aria.

v.   paled, pal·ing, pales

v.   tr.
To cause to turn pale.

v.   intr.
  1. To become pale; blanch: paled with fright.
  2. To decrease in relative importance.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin pallidus, from pallēre, to be pale; see pel-1 in Indo-European roots.]

pale'ly adv., pale'ness n.
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