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empale1
verbempale (third-person singular simple present empales, present participle empaling, simple past and past participle empaled)
present singular third person empales · participle present empaling · participle past empaled · past empaled
- obsoleteObsolete form of impale.
empale2
verbempale (third-person singular simple present empales, present participle empaling, simple past and past participle empaled)
present singular third person empales · participle present empaling · participle past empaled · past empaled
- transitiveTo make pale.
No bloodless malady empales their face.
1610, Giles Fletcher, Christ's Triumph after Death
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Rhymes with empale
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APA
empale. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/empale
MLA
“empale.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/empale. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “empale,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/empale.
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