envenomate

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, en +‎ venom +‎ ate; possibly a back-formation from envenomation.

Verb

envenomate (third-person singular simple present envenomates, present participle envenomating, simple past and past participle envenomated)

  1. To inject venom into.
    Synonyms: envenom, venomize
    Fortunately, the snake did not envenomate him.
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