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empale
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Empale
(gcide) | Empale \Em*pale"\, v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + pale: cf. OF.
empalir.]
To make pale. [Obs.]
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No bloodless malady empales their face. --G. Fletcher.
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Empale
(gcide) | Empale \Em*pale"\, v. 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.
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All that dwell near enemies empale villages, to save
themselves from surprise. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
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2. To inclose; to surround. See Impale.
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3. To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the
body.
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4. (Her.) Same as Impale.
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empale
(wn) | empale
v 1: pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a
skewer" [syn: transfix, impale, empale, spike] |
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empale
(encz) | empale, v: |
Empaled
(gcide) | Empale \Em*pale"\, v. 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.
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All that dwell near enemies empale villages, to save
themselves from surprise. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
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2. To inclose; to surround. See Impale.
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3. To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the
body.
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4. (Her.) Same as Impale.
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Empalement
(gcide) | Empalement \Em*pale"ment\, n. [Cf. F. empalement, fr. empaler.
See Empale.] [Written also impalement.]
1. A fencing, inclosing, or fortifying with stakes.
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2. A putting to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through
the body.
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3. (Her.) Same as Impalement.
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empale
(wn) | empale
v 1: pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a
skewer" [syn: transfix, impale, empale, spike] |
EMPALEMENT
(bouvier) | EMPALEMENT. A punishment in which a sharp polo was forced up the fundament.
Encyc. Lond. h.t.
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