[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

impale \impale"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. impaled; p. pr.  vb.
   n. impaling. see 2d empale.
   1. to pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a
      sharp stake. see empale.
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            then with what life remains, impaled, and left
            to writhe at leisure round the bloody stake.
                                                  --addison.
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   2. to inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround.
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            impale him with your weapons round about. --shak.
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            impenetrable, impaled with circling fire. --milton.
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   3. her. to join, as two coats of arms on one shield,
      palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention.
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            ordered the admission of st. patrick to the same to
            be matched and impaled with the blessed virgin in
            the honor thereof.                    --fuller.
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see also:
impaled impaling empale 

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