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empale
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 (obsolete form of impale English) 2 (context transitive English) To make pale.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a skewer" [syn: transfix , impale , spike ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Empale \Em*pale"\, v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + pale: cf. OF. empalir.] To make pale. [Obs.] No bloodless malady empales their face. --G. Fletcher.
Usage examples of empale.
Martin adds, what even the horrors of Oriental warfare will scarcely permit us to credit, that she was exposed by Sapor on a public scaffold to the brutal lusts of his soldiery, and afterwards empaled, iii.