IMPALE, v.t. In popular usage, to pierce with any weapon which remains fixed in the wound.... properly, to put to death by thrusting an upright sharp stake into the body, the victim being left in a sitting position.


The Cynic's Word Book (ed. 1906)

Ambrose Bierce Quotes

IMPALE, v.t. In popular usage, to pierce with any weapon which remains fixed in the wound.... properly, to put to death by thrusting an upright sharp ...

IMPALE, v.t. In popular usage, to pierce with any weapon which remains fixed in the wound.... properly, to put to death by thrusting an upright sharp ...

IMPALE, v.t. In popular usage, to pierce with any weapon which remains fixed in the wound.... properly, to put to death by thrusting an upright sharp ...

IMPALE, v.t. In popular usage, to pierce with any weapon which remains fixed in the wound.... properly, to put to death by thrusting an upright sharp ...