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A region or district lying within an imposed boundary or constituting a separate jurisdiction.
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A stake or pointed stick; a picket.
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Heraldry A wide vertical band in the center of an escutcheon.
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The area enclosed by a fence or boundary.
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idiom
Beyond the pale Irrevocably unacceptable or unreasonable: behavior that was quite beyond the pale.
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adjective
Feeble; weak: a pale rendition of the aria.
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Having high lightness and low saturation.
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Of a low intensity of color; light.
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Of a low intensity of light; dim or faint: "a late afternoon sun coming through the el tracks and falling in pale oblongs on the cracked, empty sidewalks” ( Jimmy Breslin).
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Whitish in complexion; pallid.
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verb-intransitive
To become pale; blanch: paled with fright.
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To decrease in relative importance.
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verb-transitive
To cause to turn pale.
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To enclose with pales; fence in.
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