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(transitive) To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull, to weaken. / (intransitive) To become dull, insipid, tasteless, or vapid; to lose life, spirit, strength, or taste.

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pall

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Source Word

pall

IPA(Pronunciation)

/pɔːl/

Verb

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(transitive) To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull, to weaken. / (intransitive) To become dull, insipid, tasteless, or vapid; to lose life, spirit, strength, or taste.

Japanese Meaning

（他動詞）生命力や活気、味わいを奪って無味乾燥にする、または興味や魅力をなくす。 / （自動詞）生命力や活気、味わいが失われる、無味乾燥または味気なくなる。

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Years of identical lectures began to pall the students' enthusiasm.

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同じ内容の講義が何年も続いたことで、学生たちの熱意はそがれ始めた。

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(transitive) To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull, to weaken.

[…] Reaſon and Reflection, which by repreſenting perpetually to the mind of Man the meanneſs of all ſenſual Gratifications, do, in great meaſure, blunt the edge of his keeneſt Deſires, and pall all his Enjoyments.

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