Meaning of ENVENOM
| Pronunciation: | | en'venum
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- [v] add poison to; "Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her"
- [v] cause to be bitter or resentful; "These injustices embittered her even more"
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| | Synonyms: | | acerbate, embitter, poison |
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| | See Also: | | alter, change, resent | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \En*ven"om\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Envenomed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Envenoming}.] [OE. envenimen, F. envenimer; pref. en-
(L. in) + F. venin poison. See {Venom}.]
1. To taint or impregnate with venom, or any substance
noxious to life; to poison; to render dangerous or deadly
by poison, as food, drink, a weapon; as, envenomed meat,
wine, or arrow; also, to poison (a person) by impregnating
with venom.
Alcides . . . felt the envenomed robe. --Milton.
O, what a world is this, when what is comely
Envenoms him that bears it! --Shak.
2. To taint or impregnate with bitterness, malice, or hatred;
to imbue as with venom; to imbitter.
The envenomed tongue of calumny. --Smollett.
On the question of slavery opinion has of late years
been peculiarly envenomed. --Sir G. C.
Lewis.
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| | Related Terms: | | abuse, acerbate, afflict, aggravate, aggrieve, alienate, antagonize, befoul, bewitch, bitter, blight, condemn, corrupt, crucify, curse, damage, defile, deprave, despoil, destroy, disadvantage, disserve, distress, do a mischief, do evil, do ill, do wrong, do wrong by, doom, embitter, empoison, estrange, exacerbate, get into trouble, harass, harm, heat up, hex, hurt, impair, infect, infuriate, injure, jinx, madden, maltreat, menace, mistreat, molest, outrage, persecute, play havoc with, play hob with, poison, pollute, prejudice, provoke, savage, scathe, set against, set at odds, sour, taint, threaten, torment, torture, violate, wound, wreak havoc on, wrong |
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