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
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
To all the passions which usually envenom contests among countrymen, avarice was added, and rendered their enmity more rancorous.
I doubt if there is a woman in the world who knows how better to cut the heart with a gesture, envenom the soul, and fill it with mad anger by a glance.
From The Joy of Captain Ribot by Armando Palacio Vald?s
To avoid the breach being healed by an apology, many of the crofters sought to envenom the quarrel by refusing to believe that the elder was altogether right.
From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Daniel Turner Holmes
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