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empoisoning

empoisoning is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about empoisoning

What is empoisoning the present participle and gerund of?
Empoisoning is the present participle and gerund of empoison.

Words near empoisoning in the dictionary

  1. empodium
  2. empoison
  3. empoisoned
  4. empoisoner
  5. empoisoners
  6. empoisoning
  7. empoisonment
  8. empoisonments
  9. empoisons
  10. empolder
  11. empoldered

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