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   Empale , v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + pale: cf. OF. empalir.] To make pale. [Obs.]
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   No bloodless malady empales their face.
   G. Fletcher.
   
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   Empale, 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.]
   To fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line of stakes for defense; to impale.
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   All that dwell near enemies empale villages, to save themselves from surprise.
   Sir W. Raleigh.
   
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   To inclose; to surround. See Impale.
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   To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.
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   (Her.) Same as Impale.
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