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Antonyms for envenom

Grammar : Verb
Spell : en-ven-uh m
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈvɛn əm

Definition of envenom

Origin :
  • c.1300, envenymen, from Old French envenimer (12c.) "to poison, taint;" from en- (see en- (1)) + venim (see venom). Figurative use is from late 14c. Related: Envenomed; envenoming.
  • verb poison
Example sentences :
  • It requires but a few drops of poison to envenom a whole well.
  • Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 » by Various
  • These notaries are strange fellows; they envenom everything.
  • Extract from : « The Marriage Contract » by Honore de Balzac
  • It is for us, then, to nurse the antagonism already existent between the two, to envenom their mutual mistrust and reproaches.
  • Extract from : « The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 » by Eugne Sue
  • If we continue in this strain, caballero, we shall only envenom our discussion, without coming to an understanding.
  • Extract from : « The Bee Hunters » by Gustave Aimard
  • I feel moved to say bitter things—to shoot darts in defiance at every glance—to envenom every sentence which I speak.
  • Extract from : « Confession » by W. Gilmore Simms
  • In a heart already alienated from the established authorities, this could only envenom a bitter spirit.
  • Extract from : « Calamities and Quarrels of Authors » by Isaac Disraeli
  • All power being given to the awful enemy, he is beautiful where he pleases, in order to point and envenom his ghostly ugliness.
  • Extract from : « Narrative And Miscellaneous Papers » by Thomas De Quincey
  • Passions it is, human passions, intermingling with the wrong itself that envenom the sense of wrong.
  • Extract from : « The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. II (2 vols) » by Thomas De Quincey
  • They also understand and sometimes employ poisons, not to envenom their weapons, but for secretly taking off an enemy.
  • Extract from : « At Home with the Patagonians » by George Chaworth Musters
  • In short, people fear that this is a sign that England wants so to envenom the situation that war will become inevitable.
  • Extract from : « The Myth of a Guilty Nation » by Albert Jay Nock

Synonyms for envenom

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