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impale

English

Alternative forms

  • empale (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French, from Medieval Latin imp?l?re, from Latin palus.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /?m?pe?l/
  • Rhymes: -e?l

Verb

impale (third-person singular simple present impales, present participle impaling, simple past and past participle impaled)

  1. (transitive) To pierce (something) with any long, pointed object.
  2. (transitive, heraldry) To place two coats of arms side by side on the same shield (often those of two spouses upon marriage).
  3. (transitive, intransitive) To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake.
  4. (transitive, intransitive) To enclose or fence with stakes.

Synonyms

  • (pierce something with any long, pointed object): fix, stake, stick, run through, transfix
  • (enclose or fence with stakes): pale, palisade, picket

Derived terms

  • impaler

Translations

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enfiled

English

Etymology

French enfiler (to pierce, thread).

Adjective

enfiled (not comparable)

  1. (heraldry) Having some object, such as the head of a man or beast, impaled upon it.

Usage notes

  • The piercing element is said to be "enfiled of" the thing that it pierces.

Anagrams

  • Enfield, Fielden, fielden, lifened, line fed

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