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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Venom

/vĕn'-əm/ · Ven·om · IPA /ˈvɛnəm/
01 n. Matter fatal or injurious to life; poison; particularly, the poisonous matter which certain animals, such as serpents, scorpions, bees, etc…
  1. 1.
    Matter fatal or injurious to life; poison; particularly, the poisonous matter which certain animals, such as serpents, scorpions, bees, etc., secrete in a state of health, and communicate by biting or stinging.
    “Or hurtful worm with cankered venom bites.” — Milton.
  2. 2.
    Spite; malice; malignity; evil quality.
Syn. Venom; virus; bane. See Poison.
02 v. t. To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison.
  1. 1.
    To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison.[R.]