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Empale   Listen
verb
Empale  v. t.  (past & past part. empaled; pres. part. 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."
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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