MEANING
1. To poison through the introduction of venom.
2. To embitter an attitude, exchange, or relationship.
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Words that belong together
- envenom a wound
- envenomed bite
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The bite envenomed the tissue around the puncture.
He warned that the creature could envenom even a shallow wound.
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Word forms
- Base
- envenom
- Past tense
- envenomed
- Past participle
- envenomed
- Present participle
- envenoming
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- envenom
- Present continuous
- am/is/are envenoming
- Present perfect
- have/has envenomed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been envenoming
- Past
- envenomed
- Past continuous
- was/were envenoming
- Past perfect
- had envenomed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been envenoming
- Future
- will envenom
- Future continuous
- will be envenoming
- Future perfect
- will have envenomed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been envenoming
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: envenom; envenoms; envenomed; envenomed; envenoming Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: envenoms.
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