Thesaurus: empale

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1. v. t. To make pale.
2. v. t. To fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line of stakes for defense; to impale.
3. v. t. To inclose; to surround. See Impale.
4. v. t. To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.
5. v. t. Same as Impale.
6. v. pierce with a sharp stake or point
7. To make pale. [Obs.] No bloodless malady empales their face. G. Fletcher. 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.
8. To make pale. [Obs.]No bloodless malady empales their face. G. Fletcher.
9. v pierce with a sharp stake or point