Em·pale v. t. To make pale. [Obs.]
No bloodless malady empales their face. --G. Fletcher.
Em·pale, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Empaled p. pr. & vb. n. 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. --Sir W. Raleigh.
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
v : pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a
skewer" [syn: transfix, impale, spike]