envenom
Americanverb (used with object)
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to impregnate with venom; make poisonous.
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to embitter.
verb
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to fill or impregnate with venom; make poisonous
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to fill with bitterness or malice
Other Word Forms
- unenvenomed adjective
Etymology
Origin of envenom
1250–1300; Middle English envenimen < Old French envenimer. See en- 1, venom
Example Sentences
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Still, an ascent by Ben-Gvir, a West Bank settler, to a ministerial role would further envenom Israel's standoff with the Palestinians and strain its internal Jewish-Arab ties.
From Reuters • Oct. 18, 2022
Ahead as well lay the uncertain prospect of American casualties -- losses that could further envenom what was already a passionate post-cold war debate.
From Time Magazine Archive
Offences are likely to arise in the present world; but let us rather aim to disarm malignity by conciliation, than strengthen and envenom it by resistance.
From Female Scripture Biographies, Volume II by Cox, Francis Augustus
At his back swung the brass quiver filled with poisoned arrows, containing the germs of all diseases—those of private life as well as those which envenom the wounded soldier on the battlefield.
From The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Jordan, Charlotte Brewster
I feel moved to say bitter things—to shoot darts in defiance at every glance—to envenom every sentence which I speak.
From Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story by Simms, William Gilmore
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