Envenomed

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Envenom \En*ven"om\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Envenomed}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Envenoming}.] [OE. envenimen, F. envenimer; pref. en-
     (L. in) + F. venin poison. See {Venom}.]
     1. To taint or impregnate with venom, or any substance
        noxious to life; to poison; to render dangerous or deadly
        by poison, as food, drink, a weapon; as, envenomed meat,


        wine, or arrow; also, to poison (a person) by impregnating
        with venom.
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              Alcides . . . felt the envenomed robe. --Milton.
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              O, what a world is this, when what is comely
              Envenoms him that bears it!           --Shak.
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     2. To taint or impregnate with bitterness, malice, or hatred;
        to imbue as with venom; to imbitter.
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              The envenomed tongue of calumny.      --Smollett.
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              On the question of slavery opinion has of late years
              been peculiarly envenomed.            --Sir G. C.
                                                    Lewis.
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