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Webster 1913 Edition

Empale

Em-pale′

,
Verb.
T.
[Pref.
em-
(L.
in
) +
pale
: cf. OF.
empalir
.]
To make pale.
[Obs.]
No bloodless malady
empales
their face.
G. Fletcher.

Em-pale′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Empaled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Empaling
.]
[OF.
empaler
to palisade, pierce, F.
empaler
to punish by empalement; pref.
em-
(L.
in
) + OF. & F.
pal
a pale, stake. See
Pale
a stake, and cf.
Impale
.]
[Written also
impale
.]
1.
To fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line of stakes for defense; to impale.
All that dwell near enemies
empale
villages, to save themselves from surprise.
Sir W. Raleigh.
2.
To inclose; to surround. See
Impale
.
3.
To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.
4.
(Her.)
Same as
Impale
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Empale

EMPA'LE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. palus.]
1.
To fence or fortify with stakes; to set a line of stakes or posts for defense.
All that dwell near enemies empale villages, to save themselves from surprise.
[We now use stockade, in a like sense.]
2.
To inclose; to surround.
Round about her work she did empale,
With a fair border wrought of sundry flowers.
3.
To inclose; to shut in.
Impenetrable, empal'd with circling fire.
4.
To thrust a stake up the fundament, and thus put to death; to put to death by fixing on a stake; a punishment formerly practiced in Rome, and still used in Turkey.

Definition 2024

empale

empale

See also: empalé

English

Verb

empale ‎(third-person singular simple present empales, present participle empaling, simple past and past participle empaled)

  1. Obsolete form of impale.
  2. (transitive) To make pale.
    • G. Fletcher
      No bloodless malady empales their face.

French

Verb

empale

  1. first-person singular present indicative of empaler
  2. third-person singular present indicative of empaler
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of empaler
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of empaler
  5. second-person singular imperative of empaler

Portuguese

Verb

empale

  1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of empalar
  2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of empalar
  3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of empalar
  4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of empalar

Spanish

Verb

empale

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of empalar.
  2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of empalar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of empalar.

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