impaled (not comparable)
Pinned to something by piercing.
impaled
simple past tense and past participle of impale
• alpidem, implead, midleap
Source: Wiktionary
Im*pale", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impaled; p. pr. & vb. n. Impaling.] Etym: [See 2d Empale.]
1. To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale. Then with what life remains, impaled, and left To 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. Shak. Impenetrable, impaled with circling fire. Milton.
3. (Her.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
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