IMPALED

Adjective

impaled (not comparable)

Pinned to something by piercing.

Verb

impaled

simple past tense and past participle of impale

Anagrams

• alpidem, implead, midleap

Source: Wiktionary


IMPALE

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



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