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empoisoned

empoisoned is the simple past and past participle of empoison.

Meaning of empoison

Verb

empoison (third-person singular simple present empoisons, present participle empoisoning, simple past and past participle empoisoned)

  1. To poison.
    • And therfore who someuer dyned or feested syre Gawayne wold comynly purueye for good fruyte for hym / and soo dyd the quene for to please sir Gawayne / she lete purueye for hym al maner of fruyte /[…]/ and this Pyonel hated syre Gawayne[…]for pure enuy & hate sir Pyonel enpoysond certayn appels for...1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “Tercium”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVIII

Words formed from empoisoned

Questions about empoisoned

What is empoisoned the simple past and past participle of?
Empoisoned is the simple past and past participle of empoison.

Words near empoisoned in the dictionary

  1. empocket
  2. empodia
  3. empodial
  4. empodium
  5. empoison
  6. empoisoned
  7. empoisoner
  8. empoisoners
  9. empoisoning
  10. empoisonment
  11. empoisonments

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