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Verb: envenom  en've-num
Usage: archaic
  1. Cause to be bitter or resentful
    "These injustices envenomed her even more";
    - embitter, acerbate
     
  2. Add poison to
    "Her husband envenomed her drink in order to kill her";
    - poison

Derived forms: envenomed, envenoming, envenoms

Type of: alter, change, modify

Encyclopedia: Envenom