| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Empale.[Websters]
2. To have impaled, transfixed or gored.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Seldom used past tense conjugation of the verb empale.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (empale) | 1. Pierce with a sharp stake or point.[Wordnet]. 2. To make pale.[Websters]. 3. To fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line of stakes for defense; to impale.[Websters]. 4. To inclose; to surround.[Websters]. 5. To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.[Websters]. 6. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: empaling, empaled, empales, empaler, empalers, empalingly and empaledly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "EMPALED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1805. (references) |
Specialty Definition: EMPALED
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Fenced or fortified with stakes; inclosed; shut in; fixed on a state. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
