empoison

American  

[em-poi-zuhn] / ɛmˈpɔɪ zən /

verb (used with object)

1. to corrupt.

   to empoison the minds of the young.

2. to embitter.

   His own failure has empoisoned him.

3. Archaic.  to poison.

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empoison British  

/ ɪmˈpɔɪzən /

verb

1. rare  to embitter or corrupt

2. an archaic word for poison poison poison poison

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Other Word Forms

• empoisonment noun
• unempoisoned adjective

Etymology

Origin of empoison

1275–1325; Middle English empoysonen < Old French empoisoner. See em- ¹, poison

Example Sentences

Platforms like Facebook and Twitter were – and are – staging grounds for foreign propaganda campaigns meant to scramble and empoison US politics and society.

From The Guardian

But if instead of professing themselves Jewellers, they post themselves up as Physicians, the Croud purchase, at a high Rate, the Pleasure of trusting them with the Care of their Lives, the remaining Part of which they rarely fail to empoison.

From Project Gutenberg

Empoison, em-poi′zn, v.t. to put poison in: to poison.—p.adj.

From Project Gutenberg

"One doth not know How much an ill word may empoison liking."

From Project Gutenberg

These periodicals empoison the soul created by God.

From Time Magazine Archive