pale, to grow Copy link Outline 1. pallesco, pallui, 32. exalbesco, albui, 3 (to turn quite white) • pale, to grow or become: 1. pallesco, pallui, 3: to grow p. over cares, curis p., Prop. 1, 13, 7; with indoor life, umbratica vita p., Quint. 1, 2, 18. Comps. (1). expallesco, 3 (to turn very p.): Ov.: Plin. min. (2). impallesco, 3 (to turn p. at or over anything: rare): to grow p. over the midnight sheet, nocturnis imp. chartis, Pers. 5, 62: Stat. 2. exalbesco, albui, 3 (to turn quite white): Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 48.