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impale

verb
/ɪmˈpeɪl/UK

Etymology

From Middle French, from Medieval Latin impālāre, from Latin palus, whence also pale.

  1. derived from palus
  2. derived from impālō

Definitions

  1. To pierce (something) with any long, pointed object.

  2. To place two coats of arms side by side on the same shield (often those of two spouses…

    To place two coats of arms side by side on the same shield (often those of two spouses upon marriage).

  3. To pierce with a pale

    To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To enclose or fence with stakes.

      • [T]he Tovvne is impailed about halfe a mile compaſſe.

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Derived

impalation, impalement, impaler, unimpale

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at impale. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at impale. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at impale

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA