Definition for PALL

PALL, v.i. [W. pallu, to fail; allied to pale, and to Gr. παλαιος, old; Heb. Ch. and Ar. בלה; Heb. גבל. See Fail. Class Bl, No. 6, 18, 21.]

To become vapid; to lose strength, life, spirit or taste; to become insipid; as, the liquor palls. Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, / Fades in the eye and palls upon the sense. – Addison.

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