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venom |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Venom \Ven"om\, n. [OE. venim, OF venim, F. venin, L. veneum Cf {Venenate}.] 1. Matter fatal or injurious to life; poison; particularly, the poisonous, the poisonous matter which certain animals, such as serpents, scorpions, bees, etc., secrete in a state of health, and communicate by thing or stinging. Or hurtful worm with cankered venom bites. --Milton. 2. Spite; malice; malignity; evil quality. Chaucer. ``The venom of such looks.'' --Shak. Syn: Venom; virus; bane. See {Poison}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Venom \Ven"om\, v. t. [OE. venimen OF venimer L. venenare. See {Venom}, n.] To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison. [R.] ``Venomed vengeance.'' --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: venom n 1: a poison secreted by certain animals 2: feeling a need to see other suffer [syn: {malice}, {maliciousness}, {spite}, {spitefulness}]
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