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envenom

VT ทำให้ เป็นพิษ  contaminate poison tam-hai-pen-pid

 

envenom

VT ทำให้ โกรธ (คำ ทางการ  ทำให้ โกรธเคือง  ทำให้ แค้นเคือง  aggravate embitter enrage tam-hai-kod

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ENVENOM

v.t.[from venom. ] To poison; to taint or impregnate with venom, or any substance noxious to life; never applied, in this sense, to persons, but to meat, drink or weapons; as an envenomed arrow or shaft; an envenomed potion. 1. To taint with bitterness or malice; as the envenomed tongue of slander.
2. To make odious.
O what a world is this, when what is comely
Envenoms him that bears it!

 

ENVENOMED

pp. Tainted or impregnated with venom or poison; embittered; exasperated.

 

ENVENOMING

ppr. Tainting with venom; poisoning; embittering; enraging.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ENVENOM

En *ven "om, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Envenomed; p. pr. & vb. n.Envenoming. ] Etym: [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. Alcides... felt the envenomed robe. Milton. O, what a world is this, when what is comely Envenoms him that bears it! Shak.

 

2. To taint or impregnate with bitterness, malice, or hatred; to imbue as with venom; to imbitter. The envenomed tongue of calumny. Smollett. On the question of slavery opinion has of late years been peculiarly envenomed. Sir G. C. Lewis.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

envenom

en ven om |enˈvenəm ənˈvɛnəm | verb [ with obj. ] archaic put poison on or into; make poisonous. ORIGIN Middle English (formerly also as invenom ): from Old French envenimer, from en- in + venim venom.

 

envenomate

en ven o mate |enˈvenəˌmāt ənˈvɛnəmeɪt | verb [ with obj. ] Zoology & Medicine (of a snake, scorpion, spider, or insect ) poison by biting or stinging. DERIVATIVES en ven o ma tion |enˌvenəˈmāSHən |noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

envenom

envenom |ɪnˈvɛnəm, ɛn- | verb [ with obj. ] archaic put poison on or into; make poisonous. ORIGIN Middle English (formerly also as invenom ): from Old French envenimer, from en- in + venim venom .

 

envenomate

en ¦venom |ate |ɪnˈvɛnəmeɪt, ɛn- | verb [ with obj. ] Zoology & Medicine (of a snake, spider, insect, etc. ) poison by biting or stinging. DERIVATIVES envenomation noun

 

Oxford Thesaurus

envenom

envenom verb 1 the arrows are envenomed with asp drool: poison, add poison to, spike, lace, contaminate. 2 incidents like this can envenom international relations: embitter, make bitter, sour, poison, make rancorous, jaundice, colour, taint; anger, aggravate, antagonize. ANTONYMS sweeten.