Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Impale

Impale , transitive verb

[See 2d Empale.]

1.
To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale.
Then with what life remains, impaled, and left To writhe at leisure round the bloody stake. — Addison
2.
To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround.
Impale him with your weapons round about. — Shakespeare
Impenetrable, impaled with circling fire. — Milton
3.
(Heraldry) To join, as two coats of arms on one shield, palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention.
Ordered the admission of St. Patrick to the same to be matched and impaled with the blessed Virgin in the honor thereof. — Fuller