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envenom

verb
/ɪnˈvɛnəm/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from envenimer
  2. inherited from envenymen

Definitions

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

    • As when Alcides from Oealia Crown’d With conqueſt, felt th’ envenom’d robe, and tore Through pain up by the roots Theſſalian Pines […]
    • Nay, was it I who wooed thee to this breast, / Which like a serpent thou envenomest / As in repayment of the warmth it lent?
    • Ah dearest, whoso sucks a poisoned wound Envenoms his own veins!

  2. To acerbate, make bitter.

    • Oh what a world is this, when what is comely Enuenoms him that beares it?

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Derived

envenomed, envenomer

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at envenom. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at envenom. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at envenom

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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