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Empale   Listen
verb
Empale  v. t.  (past & past part. empaled; pres. part. empaling)  (Written also impale)  
1.
To fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line of stakes for defense; to impale. "All that dwell near enemies empale villages, to save themselves from surprise."
2.
To inclose; to surround. See Impale.
3.
To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.
4.
(Her.) Same as Impale.





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"Empale" Quotes from Famous Books



... for her to say it," said Anne, promptly deciding upon which horn of this dilemma to empale herself. "It isn't right for anybody to take that name in vain or speak it lightly, Davy. Don't ever do ...
— Anne Of The Island • Lucy Maud Montgomery


Words linked to "Empale" :   spike, spear, transfix, pin


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