2. Verb. (past of impale) ¹
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Definition of Impaled
1. impale [v] - See also: impale
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impaled
Literary usage of Impaled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Republic of Plato by Plato, Benjamin Jowett (1881)
"... have his eyes burnt out; and, at last, after suffering every kind of evil, he
will be impaled. Then he will understand that he ought to seem only, ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"... like that proposed by sir Thomas Hanmer or Mr. Steevens, to make the head
impaled, and not the trunk. Did I impale, him witli the regal crown ? ..."
3. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1885)
"... impaled on a long spike of grass ; it was speared through the abdomen from
side to side, and very little damaged. I have the specimen, grass and all, ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1810)
"He certainly impaled the Royal arms of France with a small baton, similar to that
borne under tile old Government, by the " Princes ..."
5. Fulham Old and New: Being an Exhaustive History of the Ancient Parish of Fulham by Charles James Feret (1900)
"Compton impaled with the see of London. 19. Randolph impaled with the see of ...
Gibson impaled with the see of Lincoln. Az., three storks rising arg. ..."
6. Los Gringos: Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in by Henry Augustus Wise (1849)
"While moralising one night we are nearly impaled.—Our Little Housekeeper.—Pita.—Fandango
d« la Tripa, Where a Lepero abstracts our Sword and Pistols. ..."
7. China and the Allies by Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1901)
"... of French officials and missionaries— Sisters of Charity impaled—Useless
ultimatums—The first reception of Foreign Ministers in audience by the Emperor. ..."
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