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unvenom en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + venom.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To remove the venom from.
   • You did, with thrift of holy gain / Unvenoming the sting of pain / Hive its sharp heather-honey 1900, Francis Thompson, Ode to the English Martyrs, London: Burns and Oates, page 4, lines 26–28:
   • […] a skilful Gardener may provoke the Poison which begins to tinge the Leaves, and by checking the Nourishment of the Plant, and giving it unwholsome ^([sic]) Diet, may by degrees unvenom the whole […] 1718, Richard Bradley, New Improvements of Planting and Gardening, page 13:

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