What does "envenom" mean?

To inject or put venom onto or into (someone or something).

What is a synonym for "envenom"?

Common synonyms include: embitter, poison, abuse, acerbate, acerbate, afflict.

//ɪnˈvɛnəm// verb

verb ·Moderate ·College level

Verb

1
To inject or put venom onto or into (someone or something). transitive
"As when Alcides from Oealia Crown’d With conqueſt, felt th’ envenom’d robe, and tore Through pain up by the roots Theſſalian Pines […]"
2
add poison to wordnet
3
To acerbate, make bitter. transitive
"Oh what a world is this, when what is comely Enuenoms him that beares it?"
4
cause to be bitter or resentful wordnet

"As when Alcides from Oealia Crown’d With conqueſt, felt th’ envenom’d robe, and tore Through pain up by the roots Theſſalian Pines […]"

From Middle English envenymen, from Old French envenimer (“to poison, taint”); equivalent to en- + venom.

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