† venenateadj.

Etymology: < Latin venēnātus, past participle of venēnāre : see venenate v.

Obsolete.

Poisoned; infected or imbued with poison or poisonous properties.

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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [adjective] > rendered poisonous

venomous?a1400

venomed?1402

intoxicatec1425

poisoneda1470

poisonc1475

empoisoned1544

intoxicated1558

impotionate1583

venenated1597

venenate1633

mephitized1794

1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) App. 1605 They affirme that this fruit hath a wonderfull efficacie against venenate qualities, and putrifaction.

1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. ix. 331 The wound must be dilated..that so the venenate matter may flow forth more freely.

1672 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 7 4029 The fermentation of the venenat humors being quelled, and the pores closed.

1728 J. Woodward Catal. Foreign Fossils i. 22 in Catal. Addit. Eng. Native Fossils They give this in Fevers after Calcination, by which means the venenate Parts are carried off.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

† venenatev.

Forms: 1500s veninate, 1600s venenate.

Etymology: < Latin venēnāt-, participial stem of venēnāre, < venēnum poison.

Obsolete.

transitive. To poison; to render poisonous.

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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > injure by means of poison [verb (transitive)] > render poisonous

avenomc1314

envenomc1325

venomc1350

empoison?c1450

poisona1470

inunct1513

embane1587

venenate1623

transvenoma1667

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii To Poyson, Venenate.

1665 G. Harvey Disc. Plague 5 The air..must be first venenated or rendred poysonous.

1665 G. Harvey Disc. Plague 7 The said Miasms entring the Body are not so Energick as to venenate the intire mass of blood in an instant.

Derivatives

† ˈvenenated adj. Obsolete

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