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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Poison  \Poi"son\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Poisoned};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Poisoning}.]  [Cf.  OF  poisonner,  F.  empoissoner,  L. 
  potionare  to  give  to  drink.  See  {Poison},  n.] 
  1.  To  put  poison  upon  or  into  to  infect  with  poison;  as  to 
  poison  an  arrow;  to  poison  food  or  drink.  ``The 
  ingredients  of  our  poisoned  chalice.''  --Shak. 
 
  2.  To  injure  or  kill  by  poison;  to  administer  poison  to 
 
  If  you  poison  us  do  we  not  die  ?  --Shak. 
 
  3.  To  taint;  to  corrupt;  to  vitiate;  as  vice  poisons 
  happiness;  slander  poisoned  his  mind. 
 
  Whispering  tongues  can  poison  truth.  --Coleridge. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  poisoning 
  n  1:  the  physiological  state  produced  by  a  poison  or  a  toxic 
  substance 
  2:  killing  by  the  administration  of  poison 




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