empoison


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em·poi·son

 (ĕm-poi′zən)
tr.v. em·poi·soned, em·poi·son·ing, em·poi·sons
1. To fill with venom; embitter.
2. Archaic To poison.
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empoison

(ɪmˈpɔɪzən)
vb (tr)
1. rare to embitter or corrupt
2. an archaic word for poison6, poison7, poison8, poison9
emˈpoisonment n
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em•poi•son

(ɛmˈpɔɪ zən)

v.t.
1. to corrupt.
2. to embitter.
3. Archaic. to poison.
[1275–1325; Middle English < Old French empoisoner. See em-1, poison]
em•poi′son•ment, n.
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empoison


Past participle: empoisoned
Gerund: empoisoning

Imperative
empoison
empoison
Present
I empoison
you empoison
he/she/it empoisons
we empoison
you empoison
they empoison
Preterite
I empoisoned
you empoisoned
he/she/it empoisoned
we empoisoned
you empoisoned
they empoisoned
Present Continuous
I am empoisoning
you are empoisoning
he/she/it is empoisoning
we are empoisoning
you are empoisoning
they are empoisoning
Present Perfect
I have empoisoned
you have empoisoned
he/she/it has empoisoned
we have empoisoned
you have empoisoned
they have empoisoned
Past Continuous
I was empoisoning
you were empoisoning
he/she/it was empoisoning
we were empoisoning
you were empoisoning
they were empoisoning
Past Perfect
I had empoisoned
you had empoisoned
he/she/it had empoisoned
we had empoisoned
you had empoisoned
they had empoisoned
Future
I will empoison
you will empoison
he/she/it will empoison
we will empoison
you will empoison
they will empoison
Future Perfect
I will have empoisoned
you will have empoisoned
he/she/it will have empoisoned
we will have empoisoned
you will have empoisoned
they will have empoisoned
Future Continuous
I will be empoisoning
you will be empoisoning
he/she/it will be empoisoning
we will be empoisoning
you will be empoisoning
they will be empoisoning
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been empoisoning
you have been empoisoning
he/she/it has been empoisoning
we have been empoisoning
you have been empoisoning
they have been empoisoning
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been empoisoning
you will have been empoisoning
he/she/it will have been empoisoning
we will have been empoisoning
you will have been empoisoning
they will have been empoisoning
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been empoisoning
you had been empoisoning
he/she/it had been empoisoning
we had been empoisoning
you had been empoisoning
they had been empoisoning
Conditional
I would empoison
you would empoison
he/she/it would empoison
we would empoison
you would empoison
they would empoison
Past Conditional
I would have empoisoned
you would have empoisoned
he/she/it would have empoisoned
we would have empoisoned
you would have empoisoned
they would have empoisoned
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empoison

verb
Archaic. To have a destructive effect on:
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It succeeded in enforcing submission from the jaded man this morning: his empoisoned system at this moment quailed before Bulstrode's cold, resolute bearing, and he was taken off quietly in the carriage before the family breakfast time.
Attacker may alter, spoof and replay routing information, in order to empoison routing tables of attacked nodes.
Hero, in the deception scene she plays with Ursula, half-mockingly says: "one doth not know / How much an ill word may empoison liking" (III.i.85-86).