envenom en · VERB
Pronunciation
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- /ɪnˈvɛnəm/
Etymology
From Middle English envenymen, from Old French envenimer (“to poison, taint”); equivalent to en- + venom.
Meanings
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(transitive) To inject or put venom onto or into (someone or something).
As when Alcides from Oealia Crown’d With conqueſt, felt th’ envenom’d robe, and tore Through pain up by the roots Theſſalian Pines […]
1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:Ah dearest, whoso sucks a poisoned wound Envenoms his own veins!
1833, Robert Browning, Pauline:The Kayans of Central Borneo ascribe souls to the trees which yield the poison they use to envenom their arrows.
1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 17:Nay, was it I who wooed thee to this breast, / Which like a serpent thou envenomest / As in repayment of the warmth it lent?
1818–1819, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Julian and Maddalo; a Conversation”, in Mary W[ollstonecraft] Shelley, editor, Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley, London: […] [C. H. Reynell] for John and Henry L[eigh] Hunt, […], published 1824, →OCLC, page 18:
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(transitive) To acerbate, make bitter.
Oh what a world is this, when what is comely Enuenoms him that beares it?
c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii], page 190, column 2:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| envenomedst | Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Past | archaic | lexicographic |
| envenomest | Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Pres | archaic | lexicographic |
| envenometh | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | archaic | lexicographic |
| envenom | Number=Plur, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| envenom | VerbForm=Inf | lexicographic | |
| envenom | Mood=Sub, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| envenom | Number=Sing, Person=1, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| envenom | Mood=Imp, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| envenom | Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| envenomed | Number=Plur, Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| envenomed | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| envenomed | Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| envenomed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| envenomed | Mood=Sub, Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| envenomed | Number=Sing, Person=1, Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| envenomed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| envenoming | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| envenoms | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| invenom | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
envenomer · disenvenom · envenomed
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Synonyms
Translations (4)
es envenenar (Translations) · cs vstříknout jed (Translations) · cs otrávit (Translations) · es avenenar (Translations)