impale

1. v. t. To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale. Source: opted

2. v. t. To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround. Source: opted

3. v. t. To join, as two coats of arms on one shield, palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention. Source: opted

4. v. pierce with a sharp stake or point Source: wordnet

5. v. kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole Source: wordnet

6. 1. To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale. Then with what life remains, impaled, and left To writhe at leisure round the bloody stake. Addison. 2. To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround. Impale him with your weapons round about. Shak. Impenetrable, impaled with circling fire. Milton. 3. (Her.) To join, as two coats of arms on one shield, palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention. Ordered the admission of St. Patrick to the same to be matched and impaled with the blessed Virgin in the honor thereof. Fuller. Source: webster

7. To join, as two coats of arms on one shield, palewise; hence,to join in honorable mention.Ordered the admission of St. Patrick to the same to be matched andimpaled with the blessed Virgin in the honor thereof. Fuller. Source: adambom

8. v:100 v. kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole Source: ecdict

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