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empale

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See also: empalé

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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

  1. Obsolete form of impale.
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Etymology 2

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From em- +‎ pale.[1]

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To make pale.
    • (Can we date this quote by G. Fletcher and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      No bloodless malady empales their face.

References

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  1. ^ “empale, v.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

French

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Verb

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empale

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

Portuguese

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Verb

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empale

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

Spanish

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Verb

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empale

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