empoison verb. [ɪm'pɔɪz(ǝ)n, ɛm-] arch. Also impoison. LME.
[Old French empoisoner (mod. -nn-), formed as EM-¹, POISON noun.]
I. 1. verb trans. & intrans. Administer poison (to); esp. kill by poisoning. LME-L17.

2. verb trans. Put poison in (food or drink); affect (the body etc.) with poison; dip (a weapon) in poison, envenom. LME.
■ Joseph Parker The serpent..shows its empoisoned fang.

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empoison
II. fig.

3. verb trans. Taint with sin or error; corrupt, spoil. LME.

4. verb trans. Make (a person's mind or feelings) bitter or virulent; destroy all pleasure in. L16.
■ J. Hawthorne His soul had been empoisoned against them and all the world.

■ empoisoner noun LME.

■ empoisonment noun the action or act of empoisoning; the fact of being poisoned: M16.

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