make pale

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The meaning ½to blight¸ comes in that case from to glitter, hence, to be white or pale, grow pale, make pale, bleach.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

Or my cheeks make pale with care 'Cause another's rosy are?

From The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language by Palgrave, Francis Turner

I'm afraid some one has already come to make pale the beauty of the sculptress.

From Rose of Dutcher's Coolly by Garland, Hamlin

Or make pale my cheeks with care, 'Cause another's rosy are?

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John

Bleach, blēch, v.t. to make pale or white: to whiten, as textile fabrics.—v.i. to grow white.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various