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Webster 1913 Edition
Impale
1.
To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See
Empale
. Then with what life remains,
To writhe at leisure round the bloody stake.
impaled
, and leftTo writhe at leisure round the bloody stake.
Addison.
2.
To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround.
Impale
him with your weapons round about. Shakespeare
Impenetrable,
impaled
with circling fire. Milton.
3.
(Her.)
To join, as two coats of arms on one shield, palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention.
Ordered the admission of St. Patrick to the same to be matched and
impaled
with the blessed Virgin in the honor thereof. Fuller.
Webster 1828 Edition
Impale
IMPA'LE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To fix on a stake; to put to death by fixing on an upright sharp stake. [See Empale.]2.
To inclose with stakes, posts or palisades.3.
In heraldry, to join two coats of arms pale-wise.Definition 2024
impale
impale
English
Alternative forms
- empale (obsolete)
Verb
impale (third-person singular simple present impales, present participle impaling, simple past and past participle impaled)
- to pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake.
- more generally, to pierce (something) with any long, pointed object.
Translations
put to death by piercing with a pale
pierce something with any long, pointed object
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