meaning of impale

1. To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale.
2.
To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround.
3.
To join, as two coats of arms on one shield, palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention.
4.
pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a ">skewer"


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