EMPALE

transfix, impale, empale, spike

(verb) pierce with a sharp stake or point; “impale a shrimp on a skewer”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

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

Obsolete form of impale.

(transitive) To make pale.

• G. Fletcher

Source: Wiktionary

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Em*pale", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- (L. in) + pale: cf. OF. empalir.]

Definition: To make pale. [Obs.] No bloodless malady empales their face. G. Fletcher.

Em*pale", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Empaled; p. pr. & vb. n. Empaling.] Etym: [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.)

Definition: Same as Impale.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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