venenate

English

Etymology

Latin veneatus, past participle of venenare (“to poison”), from venenum (“poison”).

Verb

venenate (third-person singular simple present venenates, present participle venenating, simple past and past participle venenated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To poison; to infect with poison.
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Adjective

venenate (comparative more venenate, superlative most venenate)

  1. (obsolete) poisoned
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for venenate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Esperanto

Adverb

venenate

  1. present adverbial passive participle of veneni

Latin

Adjective

venēnāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of venēnātus
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