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It is not only important, but, in a degree necessary, that the people of this country, should have an American Dictionary of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England, and it is desirable to perpetuate that sameness, yet some differences must exist. Language is the expression of ideas; and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas, they cannot retain an identity of language. |
IMPA'LE, v.t. [L. in and palus, a pole, a stake.]
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 inclose, as with pales or stakes; to
surround.
Impale him with your weapons round about. Shak. Impenetrable, impaled with circling fire. Milton. 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. | ||||||||