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pale

2. verb /peɪɫ/

to become pale, to become insignificant

2006 [ New York Times] Its financing pales next to the tens of billions that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will have at its disposal, ...

3. noun /peɪɫ/

a) wooden stake

Fourthly, they shall not vpon any occasion whatsoeuer breake downe any of our pales, or come into any of our Townes or forts by any other waies, issues or ports then ordinary [...].

b) fence made from wooden stake; palisade

Men so situated, beyond the pale of the honor and the law, are not to be trusted.

See Also: impale, palisade, pallescent

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