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late 14c., "become pale; appear pale" (also, in Middle English, "to make pale"), from Old French paleir (12c.) or from pale (adj.). Related: Paled; paling.
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early 13c. (c. 1200 in Anglo-Latin), "stake, pole, stake for vines," from Old French pal and directly from Latin palus "stake, prop, wooden post," related to pangere "to fix o [..]
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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," [..]
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/ˈpeɪl/ adjective paler; palest 1 pale /ˈpeɪl/ adjective paler; palest Learner's definition of PALE [also more pale; most pale] 1  : light in color the pale wood of the table The walls were p [..]
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an area within determined bounds or subject to a particular jurisdiction
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nearly white or lacking in color.
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Light colouring. Applies to leaves and petals
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Pale comes from the Latin palus=stake, and means a pointed wooden stake driven into the ground to make a paling fence.
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Free City on Genabackis, ruled by the Pannion Seer Porule
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picket: a wooden strip forming part of a fence turn pale, as if in fear very light colored; highly diluted with white; "pale seagreen"; "pale blue eyes&q [..]
Source: google-dictionary.so8848.com

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not having too much colour or brightness; looking washed out
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Capital of the Bosnian Serb Republic, former ski resort. Partisans
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 to enclose.
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bleykh
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blas
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(n) a wooden strip forming part of a fence(v) turn pale, as if in fear(adj) very light colored; highly diluted with white(adj) (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble(adj) lacking [..]
Source: beedictionary.com

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Within the pale of my observation—i.e. the scope thereof. The dominion of King John and his successors in Ireland was marked off, and the part belonging to the English crown was called the pa [..]
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One of the interior shores for steadying the neams of a ship while building.
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The Ordinary. A vertical stripe in the middle of the shield occupying at most one third of the shield.
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adj. "pale, pallid; dim," s.v. pale a. OED. KEY: pale@adj
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adj 53 pale 53
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adv. "weakly, feebly; dimly," s.v. pale a. OED. KEY: pale@adv
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adv 2 pale 2
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n. "stripe," s.v. pale sb.\1 OED. KEY: pale@n
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n 1 pale 1
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wrestling
Source: ancientolympicgames.org

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Light in color. (I have pale yellow wallpaper.) (She had pale skin because she didn't get much sunlight.) *See also
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a Roman god
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