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EMPALED
Verb
empaled
simple past tense and past participle of empale
Anagrams
• emplead
Source: Wiktionary
EMPALE
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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