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envenom verb [ ɪnˈvɛnəm ]

• put poison on or into; make poisonous.
• "the blades were envenomed with a fatal poison for which there is no antidote"
Similar: poison, add poison to, spike, lace, contaminate, embitter, make bitter, sour, make rancorous, jaundice, colour, taint, anger, aggravate, antagonize,
Opposite: sweeten,
Origin: Middle English (formerly also as invenom ): from Old French envenimer, from en- ‘in’ + venim ‘venom’.


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