venenate

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛnɪneɪt/

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• (adjective) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛnɪnət/

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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.
   • 1673, Gideon Harvey, A Discourse of the Plague:

     assume a venene nature , which expiring infecd and venenate the Air

Adjective

venenate (comparative more venenate, superlative most venenate)

1. (obsolete) Poisoned.
   • 1728, J[ohn] Woodward, “[A Catalogue of the Foreign Fossils in the Collection of J. Woodward M.D. […] Part I […].] Lapides Venarum; seu materia lapidea varia in Venis Metallicis aliisque stratorum Saxeorum Fissuris, reperta. Vein-Stones. Sales, Salts.”, in A Catalogue of the Additional English Native Fossils, in the Collection of J. Woodward M.D., tome II, London: […] F[rancis] Fayram, […]; J[ohn] Senex, […]; and J. Osborn and T[homas] Longman, […], →OCLC, page 22:

     Arſenick, red, […] They give this in Fevers after Calcination, by which means the venenate Parts are carried off.

References

“venenate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Esperanto

Adverb

venenate

1. present adverbial passive participle of veneni

Latin

Adjective

venēnāte

1. vocative masculine singular of venēnātus