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/ɪnˈvɛnəm/ · verb
(transitive) 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!
The Kayans of Central Borneo ascribe souls to the trees which yield the poison they use to envenom their arrows.
Oh what a world is this, when what is comely Enuenoms him that beares it?
Use envenom when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Envenom means (transitive) To inject or put venom onto or into (someone or something)..
Common synonyms include envenomate, venomize, acerbate, poison.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
As when Alcides from Oealia Crown’d With conqueſt, felt th’ envenom’d robe, and tore Through pain up by the roots Theſſalian Pines […]
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