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envenomate

envenomate verb: to inject venom into.

Verb

envenomate (third-person singular simple present envenomates, present participle envenomating, simple past and past participle envenomated)

  1. To inject venom into.
    • Fortunately, the snake did not envenomate him.
    Synonyms:
    envenom, venomize

Synonyms of envenomate

Forms of envenomate

third-person singular presentenvenomates
present participleenvenomating
past participleenvenomated
pastenvenomated

Origin of envenomate

By surface analysis, en + venom + ate; possibly a back-formation from envenomation.

Questions about envenomate

What does envenomate mean?
Envenomate means to inject venom into.
What part of speech is envenomate?
Envenomate is a verb.
What is the past tense of envenomate?
The past tense of envenomate is envenomated.

Words near envenomate in the dictionary

  1. envelopments
  2. envelops
  3. envenime
  4. envenimed
  5. envenom
  6. envenomate
  7. envenomated
  8. envenomates
  9. envenomating
  10. envenomation
  11. envenomations

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