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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Impale \Im*pale"\, 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.
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