ENVEN'OM, verb transitive [from venom.] To poison; to taint or impregnate with venom, or any substance noxious to life; never applied, in this sense, to persons, but to meat, drink or weapons; as an envenomed arrow or shaft; an envenomed potion. 1. To taint with bitterness or malice; as the envenomed tongue of slander. 2. To make odious. O what a world is this, when what is comely Envenoms him that bears it!
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI