- empoisonment
- noun see empoison
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
empoisonment
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Empoisonment — Em*poi son*ment, n. [F. empoisonnement.] The act of poisoning. Bacon … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
empoisonment — em·poi·son·ment … English syllables
empoisonment — noun see empoison … Useful english dictionary
empoison — empoisonment, n. /em poy zeuhn/, v.t. 1. to corrupt: to empoison the minds of the young. 2. to embitter: His own failure has empoisoned him. 3. Archaic. to poison. [1275 1325; ME empoysonen < OF empoisoner. See EM 1, POISON] * * * … Universalium
Impoisonment — Im*poi son*ment, n. [Cf. {Empoisonment}.] The act of poisoning or impoisoning. [Obs.] Pope … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
empoison — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English empoysonen, from Anglo French empoisener, from en + poison poison Date: 14th century 1. archaic poison 2. embitter < a look of empoisoned acceptance Saul Bellow > • empoisonment … New Collegiate Dictionary
toxicate — /toksakeyt/ To poison. Not used to describe the act of one who administers a poison, but the action of the drug or poison itself. See also intoxication @ auto intoxication Self empoisonment from the absorption of the toxic products of internal… … Black's law dictionary
