im·pale /ɪmˈpe(ə)l/
(vt.)刺穿,使絕望,釘住
Em·pale, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Empaled p. pr. & vb. n. Empaling.] [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.
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Im·pale v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impaled p. pr. & vb. n. Impaling.]
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.
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impale
v 1: pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a
skewer" [syn: transfix, empale, spike]
2: kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole; "the enemies
were impaled and left to die" [syn: stake]