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Etymology

From Middle English poysoun, poyson, pusoun, from Old French poison, poisun, from Latin pōtiōnem (“drink, a draught, a poisonous draught, a potion”), from pōtō (“to drink”). See also potion and potable (from the same root). Mostly displaced native Old English ātor. See more at atter.

derived from pōtio — “drink, a draught, a poisonous draught, a potion”
derived from poison
inherited from poysoun

Definitions

1
A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism when ingested.
- Near-synonym: (loosely) venom
- We used a poison to kill the weeds.
2
Anything harmful to a person or thing.
- Gossip is a malicious poison.
- Awaie with the Rebels ſuffer them not to ſpeake, His words are poyſon in the eares of the people, […]
3
An alcoholic drink. (Mainly in the phrases "name your poison" and "what's your poison?")
- — What's your poison? — I'll have a glass of whiskey.
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1. 4
  Any substance that inhibits catalytic activity.
  - The temperature effect of poisons. The influence of poison on the catalyst can be different with the change of reaction conditions.
2. 5
  To use poison to kill or paralyse (somebody).
  - The assassin poisoned the king.
3. 6
  To pollute
  To pollute; to cause to become poisonous.
  - That factory is poisoning the river.
4. 7
  To cause to become much worse.
  - Suspicion will poison their relationship.
  - He poisoned the mood in the room with his non-stop criticism.
5. 8
  To cause (someone) to hate or to have unfair negative opinions.
  - She's poisoned him against all his old friends.
6. To inhibit the catalytic activity of.
7. 10
  To place false or malicious data into (a cache, etc.) as part of an exploit.
  - In this technique, the hacker poisons the cache to launch malware into Web pages.

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Derived

antipoison, arrow poison, arrow-poison frog, berry poison, box poison, bullock poison, bushman poison, bushman's poison, Champion Bay poison, Circean poison, cluster poison, counterpoison, crinkle-leaved poison, crow poison, dew poison, Durban poison, eastern poison ivy, empoison, fish poison tree, Gilbernine poison, granite poison, heart-leaved poison, Hill River poison, Hook Point poison, horned poison, Hottentot's poison bush, Hutt River poison, impoison, kite-leaved poison, mallet poison, Mount Ragged poison, Myers' poison frog, name one's poison, narrow-leaved poison, net-leaved poison, neutron poison, nuclear poison, one man's fish is another man's poison, one man's meat is another man's poison, Phillips River poison · +77 more

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for poison. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.