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(intransitive) To waste away; to fade, to wither / (transitive, now rare) To daunt or frighten (someone) / (intransitive) To lose heart or courage; to be daunted or fearful.

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quail

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Source Word

quail

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈkweɪ.əl/

Verb

intransitive archaic transitive

(intransitive) To waste away; to fade, to wither / (transitive, now rare) To daunt or frighten (someone) / (intransitive) To lose heart or courage; to be daunted or fearful.

Japanese Meaning

（自動詞）衰える、萎む、色あせる / （他動詞、現在は稀）脅かす、怖がらせる / （自動詞）気力や勇気を失う、萎縮する

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Over the winter, the neglected horse began to quail, its ribs slowly becoming visible beneath its dull coat.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

冬の間、放置されたその馬はやせ衰え始め、鈍い毛の下から肋骨がゆっくりと見えてきた。

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Sense（1）

(intransitive) To waste away; to fade, to wither

Sense（2）

(transitive, now rare) To daunt or frighten (someone)

But when he meant to quaile and shake the Orbe, / He was as ratling Thunder.

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Sense（3）

(intransitive) To lose heart or courage; to be daunted or fearful.

Though George had stopped in his sentence, yet, his blood being up, he was not to be cowed by all the generations of Osborne; rallying instantly, he replied to the bullying look of his father, with another so indicative of resolution and defiance, that the elder man quailed in his turn, and looked away.

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