2. To lose flavor or become stale. [Obs.]

Ap*pall", n. Terror; dismay. [Poet.] Cowper.

Ap*pall"ing, a. Such as to appall; as, an appalling accident. -- Ap*pall"ing*ly, adv.

Ap*pall"ment (&?;), n. Depression occasioned by terror; dismay. [Obs.] Bacon.

Ap"pa*nage (&?;), n. [F. apanage, fr. OF. apaner to nourish, support, fr. LL. apanare to furnish with bread, to provision; L. ad + pains bread.] 1. The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons.

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