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