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t. [German furniren = to inlay, to veneer, from Fr. fournir to furnish (q. v.).] 1. Lit .: To cover with veneer; to overlay or face over, as an inferior wood, with wood of a finer or more valuable kind, so as to cause the whole ma to present the appearance of being made of the more valuable wood. 2. Fig .: To give a more agreeable, attractive, or pleasant appearance to, as to something worthle unattractive, or bad; to gild over; to glo . "Veneer'd with sanctimonious theory." Tennyson: Prince , Prol. 117. vě-neër', s. [VENEER, v.] I. Ordinary Language : vě-neër-ing, s. [Eng. veneer; -ing.] I. Literally : 2. The same as VENEER, 8., I. 1. (q. v.). II. Fig .: The same as VENEER, s ., I. 2. IMG:content-0436.png:[blocks in formation] *věn-e-fi-cio us-ly, adv . [Eng. veneficious ; -ly.] By poison, sorcery, or witchcraft. "Lest witches should draw or prick their names therein and veneficiously mischief their persons, they broke the sheH."- Browne : Vulgar Errors , bk. v., ch. xxi. *věn'-ě-mous, a. [VENOMOUS.] *věn'-ě-nāte, v . t . [Lat. venenatus , pa. par. of veneno to poison, from venenum =poison.] To poison, to infect with poison. "These miasms entering the body, are not so energic as to venenate the entire ma of blood in an instant."Harvey: On Consumption. venerare.] To regard or treat with reverence and respect; to look up to with veneration; to reverence; to revere; to regard as hallowed. "The shrine is that which thou dost venerate." Herbert: Church Porch, xliv.