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Synonyms for pales

Grammar : Verb
Spell : peyl
Phonetic Transcription : peɪl

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Définition of pales

Origin :
  • early 14c., from Old French paile "pale, light-colored" (12c., Modern French pâle), from Latin pallidus "pale, pallid, wan, colorless," from pallere "be pale, grow pale," from PIE *pel- (2) "pale" (see pallor). Pale-face, supposed North American Indian word for "European," is attested from 1822.
  • verb become, make lighter or weakened
Example sentences :
  • For pales and weather boards this varnish is superior to paint, and much cheaper than what is commonly used for that purpose.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • Pales before the drastic preachment of the Norwich scientist.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 3, 1916 » by Various
  • It is not right to live the slave of Pales, or become the rhapsode of docks and nettles.
  • Extract from : « Apologia Diffidentis » by W. Compton Leith
  • Splash and hiss comes the water; pales, then flares out, the fire!
  • Extract from : « The Caxtons, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Pales, protectress of flocks, gives her name to the Palatine Hill.
  • Extract from : « Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 1 » by Francis Marion Crawford
  • The place near the pales where I had fought my first battle.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 63, No. 391, May, 1848 » by Various
  • In this some of the pales have double awns, others single ones.
  • Extract from : « Science and Practice in Farm Cultivation » by James Buckman
  • Before his fame how pales that of him who has dared thus to revile him!
  • Extract from : « Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets, Vol. I (of 2) » by William Howitt
  • The various shades of green are produced by using different quantities of alum, which pales and cheapens it.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
  • Their pales are high, made of pine-wood, and placed sloping.
  • Extract from : « Lachesis Lapponica » by Carl von Linn

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