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Impale vs Impalm - What's the difference?
impale
|
impalm
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As verbs the difference between
impale
and
impalm
is that
impale
is to pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake while
impalm
is to grasp or hold in the hand.
impale
English
Alternative forms
* empale (
obsolete
)
Verb
(
impal
)
to pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake.
more generally, to pierce (something) with any long, pointed object.
impalm
English
Verb
(
en verb
)
To grasp or hold in the hand.
(
Webster 1913
)
