'Impale' definitions:

Definition of 'impale'

(from WordNet)
verb
Pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a skewer" [syn: transfix, impale, empale, spike]
verb
Kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole; "the enemies were impaled and left to die" [syn: impale, stake]

Definition of 'Impale'

From: GCIDE
  • Impale \Im*pale"\, 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Then with what life remains, impaled, and left To writhe at leisure round the bloody stake. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround. [1913 Webster]
  • Impale him with your weapons round about. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Impenetrable, impaled with circling fire. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Her.) To join, as two coats of arms on one shield, palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention. [1913 Webster]
  • Ordered the admission of St. Patrick to the same to be matched and impaled with the blessed Virgin in the honor thereof. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'impale'

From: GCIDE
  • Empale \Em*pale"\, 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]

Synonyms of 'impale'

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