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P — Pabulum to Palmy (Part 7 of 8)

    2. Satiate, cloy, surfeit, sate, glut, gorge, fill to repletion.
    3. Dispirit, depress, discourage, dishearten, deject.
    4. Weaken, impair, damage.
    5. Cloak, cover, shroud, invest.

Pall, v. n. Become insipid, grow tasteless, become vapid.

Palladium, n. Bulwark, safeguard, security.

Palliasse, n. Straw-bed, paillasse.

Palliate, v. a.

    1. Extenuate, excuse, gloss, apologize for, lessen, cover, cloak, hide, conceal.
    2. Allay, ease, soothe, mitigate, moderate, assuage, alleviate, soften, abate, mollify, lessen, diminish, relieve, dull, blunt, quiet, still, quell.

Palliation, n.

    1. Extenuation.
    2. Mitigation, alleviation, relief, abatement.

Palliative, n. Lenitive.

Pallid, a. Wan, pale, whitish, ashy, colorless, cadaverous.

Palling, a. Nauseating, loathsome, sickening.

Pallor, n. Paleness, wanness, pallidness, pallidity.

Palm, n.

    1. Token of victory, prize, crown, laurel, bays, trophies.
    2. Hand-breadth, hand.
    3. Palm-tree.

Palm, v. a.

    1. Conceal in the palm (as a juggler).