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Definition of Envenoms
1. envenom [v] - See also: envenom
Lexicographical Neighbors of Envenoms
Literary usage of Envenoms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Joseph Jacobs (1892)
"A wicked will envenoms all excellences : helped by knowledge it only ruins with
greater subtlety. 'Tis a miserable superiority that only results in ruin. ..."
2. The Atlantic Monthly by Making of America Project (1867)
"'O what a world is this, when what is comely envenoms him that bears it ! '
I owe a debt of gratitude to Mr. Kean lor the good which the little I have seen ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... The buck as brutal as the name envenoms every charmer's fame. And tho' he
never touch'd her hand Protests he had her at command, The rake in gratitude ..."
4. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... VV ings close its pointless arrows at thy name, For merit still envenoms Envy's
spite : As when the cloud obscures the radiant Sun [way, ..."
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