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envenoms

envenoms is the third-person singular simple present indicative of envenom.

Meaning of envenom

Verb

envenom (third-person singular simple present envenoms, present participle envenoming, simple past and past participle envenomed)

  1. (transitive) To inject or put venom onto or into (someone or something).
    • As when Alcides from Oealia Crown’d
      With conqueſt, felt th’ envenom’d robe, and tore
      Through pain up by the roots Theſſalian Pines […]1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
    Synonyms:
    envenomate, venomize
  2. (transitive) To acerbate, make bitter.
    • Oh what a world is this, when what is comely
      Enuenoms him that beares it?c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Questions about envenoms

What is envenoms the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Envenoms is the third-person singular simple present indicative of envenom.

Words near envenoms in the dictionary

  1. envenomings
  2. envenomisation
  3. envenomisations
  4. envenomization
  5. envenomizations
  6. envenoms
  7. envenymous
  8. envermeil
  9. envermeiled
  10. envermeiling
  11. envermeils

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