envenom

Alternative forms

 * invenom

Etymology
From, from ; equivalent to.

Verb

 * 1)  To inject or put venom onto or into (someone or something).
 * 2)  To acerbate, make bitter.
 * 1)  To acerbate, make bitter.
 * 1)  To acerbate, make bitter.
 * 1)  To acerbate, make bitter.
 * 1)  To acerbate, make bitter.
 * 1)  To acerbate, make bitter.

Usage notes

 * Not to be confused with poison
 * According to Samuel Johnson, the word is "never used of the person to whom poison is given, but of the draught, meat, or instrument by which it is conveyed." "envenom, v.a." A Dictionary of the English Language, by Samuel Johnson. 1755. Accessed 2022/02/27. https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/envenom_va