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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Empaled (0.00770 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: empale
empale
v : pierce with a sharp stake or point;
“impale a shrimp on a
skewer” [syn:
transfix,
impale,
spike]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Empaled
Empale
\Em*pale"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Empaled; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Empaling.] [OF. empaler to palisade, pierce, F. empaler
to punish by empalement; pref. em- (L. in) + OF. & F. pal a
pale, stake. See
Pale a stake, and cf.
Impale.] [Written
also
impale.]
1. To fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line
of stakes for defense; to impale.
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All that dwell near enemies empale villages, to save
themselves from surprise. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
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2. To inclose; to surround. See
Impale.
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3. To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the
body.
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4. (Her.) Same as
Impale.
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