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▪ I. emˈpoisoning, vbl. n.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. empoison.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. i. iii. 206 Þe empoysenyng of Socrates. 1494Fabyan Chron. I. clvii, By the impoysonynge of his own wyfe. ibid. vii. 322 He dyed at Swynyshede..by the enpoysonynge of a munke of the same house. 1527Andrew Brunswyke's Distyll. Waters A iij b, Columbyne water..is good for impoysyning. a1569A. Kingsmill Confl. Satan (1578) 7 The deedes of the flesh are..impoisonings. 1678Wanley Wond. Lit. World v. ii. §80. 472/2 He bribed the Bishop of Rome to the empoysoning of his brother Zemes. 1681Roxb. Bal. (1883) IV. 655 From secret Impoysonings..Libera nos, Domine.
▪ II. emˈpoisoning, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That empoisons, kills by poison, or renders poisonous.
1598Ord. for Prayer in Liturg. Serv. Q. Eliz. (1847) 682 The sacred oil..is a sovereign Antidote..against..empoisoning confections. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. (1650) III. xxviii. 151 Nor are all Snakes of such empoisoning qualities. 1653Urquhart Rabelais ii. xv. The smell..is so pestiferous and impoisoning. 1706Watts Horæ Lyr. III. 258 The impoisoning taint O'erspreads the building. |