empale

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpeɪl/

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• Rhymes: -eɪl

empale (third-person singular simple present empales, present participle empaling, simple past and past participle empaled)

1. Obsolete form of impale.

From em- +‎ pale.^[1]

empale (third-person singular simple present empales, present participle empaling, simple past and past participle empaled)

1. (transitive) To make pale.
   • 1610, Giles Fletcher, Christ's Triumph after Death:

     No bloodless malady empales their face.

empale

1. inflection of empaler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

empale

1. inflection of empalar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

empale

1. inflection of empalar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative