En-vēn'om, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. ENVENOMED; p. pr. & vb. n. ENVENOMING.] [Prefix en and venom, q. v.; Fr. envenimer.]
Sense 1. To taint or impregnate with venom, or any substance noxious to life; to poison; to render dangerous or deadly by poison, as food, drink, a weapon, and the like; as, envenomed meat, wine, or arrow.
Alcides . . . felt the envenomed robe. Milton.
Sense 2. To taint with bitterness or malice. “The envenomed tongue of calumny.” Smollett.
Sense 3. To enrage; to exasperate. [Rare.] Dryden.
Sense 4. To make odious; to render hateful.
*O, what a world is this, when what is comely Envenoms him that bears it! Shak.*