QUOTE: It's not the OED, but that's down, so this will have to do for now:
"Main Entry: ap·pall
Variant(s): also ap·pal /&-'pol/
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): ap·palled; ap·pall·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French apalir, from Old French, from a- (from Latin ad-) + palir to grow pale, from Latin pallescere, inchoative of pallEre to be pale -- more at FALLOW
Date: 14th century
intransitive senses obsolete : WEAKEN, FAIL
transitive senses : to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay
synonym see DISMAY"
"Thou shalt not extinguish thine anger, but shall master it,
that thy conscience may not be blunted by adjustment
to wrong causes."
-The Dutch Ten Commandments to Foil the Nazis
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