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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024im•pale /ɪmˈpeɪl/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -paled, -pal•ing. - to pierce through (something or someone's body):The spear impaled his wrist.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024im•pale (im pāl′),USA pronunciation v.t., -paled, -pal•ing. - to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like.
- to pierce with a sharpened stake thrust up through the body, as for torture or punishment.
- to fix upon, or pierce through with, anything pointed.
- to make helpless as if pierced through.
- [Archaic.]to enclose with or as if with pales or stakes;
fence in;
hem in. - Heraldry.
- to marshal (two coats of arms, as the family arms of a husband and wife) on an escutcheon party per pale.
- (of a coat of arms) to be combined with (another coat of arms) in this way.
Also, empale (for defs. 1–5). - Medieval Latin impālāre, equivalent. to Latin im- im-1 + pāl(us) pale2 + -ā- thematic vowel + -re infinitive ending
- 1545–55
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: impale, empale /ɪmˈpeɪl/ vb (transitive)- often followed by on, upon, or with: to pierce with a sharp instrument: they impaled his severed head on a spear
- to charge (a shield) with two coats of arms placed side by side
Etymology: 16th Century: from Medieval Latin impālāre, from Latin im- (in) + pālus pale²imˈpalement, emˈpalement n |