impale : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: impale	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for impale
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
impale v pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a skewer" Synonym(s): transfix, impale, empale, spike kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole; "the enemies were impaled and left to die" Synonym(s): impale, stake
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Impale \Impale"\, 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}. 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.