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impale
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Impale
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im·pale
/
ɪmˈpeɪl
/
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[
im-
peyl
]
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verb (used with object),
im·paled,
im·pal·ing.
1.
to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like.
2.
to pierce with a sharpened stake thrust up through the body, as for torture or punishment.
3.
to fix upon, or pierce through with, anything pointed.
4.
to make helpless as if pierced through.
5.
Archaic.
to enclose with or as if with pales or stakes; fence in; hem in.
6.
Heraldry.
a.
to marshal (two coats of arms, as the family arms of a husband and wife) on an escutcheon party per pale.
b.
(of a coat of arms) to be combined with (another coat of arms) in this way.
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Also,
empale
(for defs 1–5).
Origin:
1545–55;
<
Medieval Latin
impālāre,
equivalent to
Latin
im-
im-
1
+
pāl
(
us
)
pale
2
+
-ā-
thematic vowel +
-re
infinitive ending
Related forms
im·pal·er,
noun
im·pale·ment,
noun
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World English Dictionary
impale
or
empale
(ɪmˈpeɪl)
—
vb
(often foll by
on, upon,
or
with
)
1.
to pierce with a sharp instrument:
they impaled his severed head on a spear
2.
archaic
to enclose with pales or fencing; fence in
3.
heraldry
to charge (a shield) with two coats of arms placed side by side
[C16: from Medieval Latin
impālāre,
from Latin
im-
(in) +
pālus
pale
²]
empale
or
empale
—
vb
[C16: from Medieval Latin
impālāre,
from Latin
im-
(in) +
pālus
pale
²]
im'palement
or
empale
—
n
em'palement
or
empale
—
n
im'paler
or
empale
—
n
em'paler
or
empale
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
impale
1530, "to enclose with stakes, fence in," from M.L. impalare "to push onto a stake," from L. in- "in" + pallus "pole." Sense of "pierce with a pointed stake" as torture or punishment first recorded 1613.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
It is a projection that has the potential to either
impale
or entangle.
Impale
insulation over anchors and attach speed washers.
He expected them to come in on a high tide and
impale
their craft on his
barriers.
To immobilize prey, the shrike will often
impale
it on cactus spines.
The creature's arms elongate into gleaming spikes that
impale
people and latch onto moving cars.
They prey on vertebrate and invertebrate animals which they often
impale
on thorns or barbed wire.
Above him a lady is seen plunging from a trap door in the ceiling, about to
impale
herself upon him.
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