Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to impale
Participle: impaled
Gerund: impaling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | impale |
| you | impale |
| he;she;it | impales |
| we | impale |
| you | impale |
| they | impale |
Perfect
| I | have impaled |
| you | have impaled |
| he;she;it | has impaled |
| we | have impaled |
| you | have impaled |
| they | have impaled |
Past
| I | impaled |
| you | impaled |
| he;she;it | impaled |
| we | impaled |
| you | impaled |
| they | impaled |
Pluperfect
| I | had impaled |
| you | had impaled |
| he;she;it | had impaled |
| we | had impaled |
| you | had impaled |
| they | had impaled |
Future
| I | will impale |
| you | will impale |
| he;she;it | will impale |
| we | will impale |
| you | will impale |
| they | will impale |
Future Perfect
| I | will have impaled |
| you | will have impaled |
| he;she;it | will have impaled |
| we | will have impaled |
| you | will have impaled |
| they | will have impaled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | impale |
| you | impale |
| he;she;it | impale |
| we | impale |
| you | impale |
| they | impale |
Perfect
| I | have impaled |
| you | have impaled |
| he;she;it | have impaled |
| we | have impaled |
| you | have impaled |
| they | have impaled |
Imperfect
| I | impaled |
| you | impaled |
| he;she;it | impaled |
| we | impaled |
| you | impaled |
| they | impaled |
Pluperfect
| I | had impaled |
| you | had impaled |
| he;she;it | had impaled |
| we | had impaled |
| you | had impaled |
| they | had impaled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would impale |
| you | would impale |
| he;she;it | would impale |
| we | would impale |
| you | would impale |
| they | would impale |
Perfect
| I | would have impaled |
| you | would have impaled |
| he;she;it | would have impaled |
| we | would have impaled |
| you | would have impaled |
| they | would have impaled |
Imperative
| you | impale |
| we | Let's impale |
| you | impale |
Verbs conjugated like 'impale'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'impale'
empale,
impalm,
impave,
dimple,
embale,
image,
imbalm,
imbase,
impact,
impair,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to pierce something with any long, pointed object
- empierce, fix, pierce, prick, puncture, run through, stake, stick, transfix, transpierce
- spear
- lance, skewer, spike, transfix, skiver, crucify, transpierce, spit
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1530, "to enclose with stakes, fence in," from M.L. impalare "to push onto a stake," from L. in- "in" + pallus "pole." Sense of "pierce with a pointed stake" as torture or punishment first recorded 1613.
2. From Middle French, from Medieval Latin impālāre, from Latin palus, whence also pale.
Verbs referencing "impale"
Ido empalar.
Sample Sentences
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[T]he Tovvne is impailed about halfe a mile compaſſe. [1624, John Smith, “The Present Estate of Nevv-Plimoth”, in Iohn [i.e., John] Smith, The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles: […], London: […] I[ohn] D[awson] and I[ohn] H[aviland] for Edward Blackmore, published 1632, →OCLC, 6th booke, page 247:]