EMPAIR
Em*pair", v. t.
Defn: To impair. [Obs.] Spenser.
EMPAISTIC
Em*pais"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Fine Arts)
Defn: Having to do with inlaid work; — especially used with reference to work of the ancient Greeks.
EMPALE
Em*pale", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- (L. in) + pale: cf. OF. empalir.]
Defn: To make pale. [Obs.]
No bloodless malady empales their face. G. Fletcher.
EMPALE Em*pale", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Empaled; p. pr. & vb. n. Empaling.] Etym: [OF. empaler to palisade, pierce, F. empaler to punish by empalement; pref. em- (L. in) + OF. & F. pal a pale, stake. See Pale a stake, and cf. Impale.] [Written also impale.]
1. To fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line of stakes for defense; to impale. All that dwell near enemies empale villages, to save themselves from surprise. Sir W. Raleigh.
2. To inclose; to surround. See Impale.
3. To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.