VENOMING

Verb

venoming

present participle of venom

Anagrams

• enmoving

Source: Wiktionary


VENOM

Ven"om, n. Etym: [OE. venim, OF. venim, F. venin, L. veneum. Cf. Venenate.]

1. Matter fatal or injurious to life; poison; particularly, the poisonous, the poisonous matter which certain animals, such as serpents, scorpions, bees, etc., secrete in a state of health, and communicate by thing or stinging. Or hurtful worm with cankered venom bites. Milton.

2. Spite; malice; malignity; evil quality. Chaucer. "The venom of such looks." Shak.

Syn.

– Venom; virus; bane. See Poison.

Ven"om, v. t. Etym: [OE. venimen, OF. venimer, L. venenare. See Venom, n.]

Definition: To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison. [R.] "Venomed vengeance." Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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