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Found 3 hits - Term: empale, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
empale \empale"\, v. t. pref. em- l. in + pale: cf. of.
   empalir.
   to make pale. obs.
   1913 webster

         no bloodless malady empales their face.  --g. fletcher.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
empale \empale"\, 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.
   1. to fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line
      of stakes for defense; to impale.
      1913 webster

            all that dwell near enemies empale villages, to save
            themselves from surprise.             --sir w.
                                                  raleigh.
      1913 webster

   2. to inclose; to surround. see impale.
      1913 webster

   3. to put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the
      body.
      1913 webster

   4. her. same as impale.
      1913 webster
see also:
empaled empaling pale impale impale 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
empale
     v : pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a
         skewer" syn: transfix, impale, spike
see also:
transfix impale spike 

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