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empoisons

empoisons is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 empoisons

What is empoisons the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Empoisons is the third-person singular simple present indicative of empoison.

Words near empoisons in the dictionary

  1. empoisoner
  2. empoisoners
  3. empoisoning
  4. empoisonment
  5. empoisonments
  6. empoisons
  7. empolder
  8. empoldered
  9. empoldering
  10. empolders
  11. empoodled

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