empoison
Americanverb (used with object)
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to corrupt.
to empoison the minds of the young.
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to embitter.
His own failure has empoisoned him.
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Archaic. to poison.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of empoison
1275–1325; Middle English empoysonen < Old French empoisoner. See em- 1, poison
Example Sentences
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Brimborion remembered that she had always warned "Mr. Jack" that this woman would "empoison" him.
From Tales of the Argonauts by Harte, Bret
The pest killeth but the bodies, but such abominable imposters empoison our very souls.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 by Motteux, Peter Anthony
One doth not know How much an ill word may empoison liking.
From Much Ado about Nothing by Shakespeare, William
"One doth not know How much an ill word may empoison liking."
From How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage by Hardy, Edward John
That these disdaineous females and this ferocious old woman are placed here by the administration, not only to empoison the voyagers, but to affront them!
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
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