unvenomv.
transitive. To deprive of venom.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > lessen severe effect of
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1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Disuiperato, vnuipered, vnuenomed.
1675 R. Allestree Art Contentm. xi. 206 He may..unvenem all those calamities which are to others the gall of Asps.
1906 F. Thompson in Dublin Rev. Apr. 381 You did, with thrift of holy gain, Unvenoming the sting of pain, Hive its sharp heather-honey.
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