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venoming

venoming is the present participle and gerund of venom.

Meaning of venom

Verb

venom (third-person singular simple present venoms, present participle venoming, simple past and past participle venomed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison.
    • […] washe all the filth away with warme water, and annoynte the place with Hony and Fytch flower myngled together. But beware you touche none of the kirnelles with your bare finger, for feare of venoming the place, which is very apt for a Fistula to breede in.1566, Thomas Blundeville (translator and editor), The Fower Chiefyst Offices Belongyng to Horsemanshippe, London, Chapter 36

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Questions about venoming

What is venoming the present participle and gerund of?
Venoming is the present participle and gerund of venom.

Words near venoming in the dictionary

  1. venomer
  2. venomers
  3. venomes
  4. venomic
  5. venomics
  6. venoming
  7. venomization
  8. venomize
  9. venomized
  10. venomizes
  11. venomizing

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