Venite (venite)

[So called from the first words, "Venite exultemus," "O come, let us sing unto the Lord. L. venite, 2d pers. pl. impv. of venire, come.] 1. In liturgics, the 95th Psalm. In the Roman and other Western arrangements of the daily office this psalm is said at matins, accompanied by the invitatory and followed, after hymn, the pointed psalms of the hour. In the Anglican Prayer-book it is also said daily at matins or morning prayer before the The venom of such looks, we fairly hope, Have lost their quality. Shak ., Hen. V., v. 2. 18. They cowde nat medle the bryhte fleeses of the contre of Seryens with the venym of Tyrie. Chaucer , Boëthius, ii. meter 5. II. a. Envenomed; venomous; poisonous. In our lande growith pepper in forest is full of snakes and other venym beestes. R. Eden (First Books on America, ed. Arber, p. xxxiv.). Thou art Mark'd by the destinies to be avoided, As venom toads, or lizard's dreadful stings. Shak., 3 Hen. VI., ii. 2. 138. My venom eyes Strike innocency dead at such a distance. Beau. and Fl., Coxcomb, v. 2.