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(), n.[OE. venim, OF. venim, F. venin, L. veneum. Cf. Venenate.] 1. Matter fatal or injurious to life; poison; particularly, the poisonous, the poisonous matter which certain animals, such as serpents, scorpions, bees, etc., secrete in a state of health, and communicate by thing or stinging. Or hurtful worm with cankered venom bites. Milton. 2. Spite; malice; malignity; evil quality. Chaucer. "The venom of such looks." Shak. Syn. -- Venom; virus; bane. See Poison. Ven"om v. t.[OE. venimen, OF. venimer, L. venenare. See Venom, n.] To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison. [R.] "Venomed vengeance." Shak. スポンサード リンク
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