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pall

2[pawl]
–verb (used without object)
1. to have a wearying or tiresome effect (usually fol. by on or upon).
2. to become distasteful or unpleasant.
3. to become satiated or cloyed with something.
–verb (used with object)
4. to satiate or cloy.
5. to make dull, distasteful, or unpleasant.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME pallen; aph. var. of appall


4. glut, sate, surfeit.
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pall  (v.)
"become tiresome," 1700, from M.E. pallen "to become faint, fail in strength" (1390), aphetic form of appallen "to dismay, fill with horror or disgust" (see appall).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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