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unvenom

unvenom verb: to remove the venom from.

Verb

unvenom (third-person singular simple present unvenoms, present participle unvenoming, simple past and past participle unvenomed)

  1. (transitive) To remove the venom from.
    • […] a skilful Gardener may provoke the Poison which begins to tinge the Leaves, and by checking the Nourishment of the Plant, and giving it unwholsome ^([sic]) Diet, may by degrees unvenom the whole […]1718, Richard Bradley, New Improvements of Planting and Gardening, page 13
    • You did, with thrift of holy gain / Unvenoming the sting of pain / Hive its sharp heather-honey1900, Francis Thompson, Ode to the English Martyrs, London: Burns and Oates, page 4, lines 26–28

Forms of unvenom

third-person singular presentunvenoms
present participleunvenoming
past participleunvenomed
pastunvenomed

Origin of unvenom

From un- + venom.

Questions about unvenom

What does unvenom mean?
Unvenom means to remove the venom from.
What part of speech is unvenom?
Unvenom is a verb.
What is the past tense of unvenom?
The past tense of unvenom is unvenomed.

Words near unvenom in the dictionary

  1. unvenerated
  2. unvenged
  3. unvengeful
  4. unvengefulness
  5. unvenial
  6. unvenom
  7. unvenomed
  8. unvenoming
  9. unvenomous
  10. unvenoms
  11. unventable

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