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empoison

verb

Etymology

From Middle English empoisounen, impoisounen, from Old French empoisoner, equivalent to em- + poison.

  1. derived from empoisoner
  2. inherited from empoisounen

Definitions

  1. To poison.

    • She, with sweet words and false enticing smiles, / Infused love among the dainties set, / And with empoison'd cups our souls beguiles, / And made each knight himself and God forget.
    • In Cæsars civill warres, Lutius Domitius taken in Prussia, having empoysoned himselfe, did afterward rue and repent his deede.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA