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Transfix
Answer for the clue "Transfix ", 6 letters:
empale
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Empale \Em*pale"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Empaled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Empaling .] [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 .] ...
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 ]
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.