envenom, envenime, envenyme

t. [Fr. envenimer, from en =in, and O. Fr. venim=Fr. venin; Lat. venenum =poison.] I. Lit .: To poison; to impregnate with poison or venom; to mix poison in. "As he that wolde an arowe send Which he tofore had enuenymed." Gower: C. A. , ii. II. Figuratively : 1671 1. To imbue as it were with venom; to make bitter or venomous; to fill with malice. "Were I with mean indifference to hear The envenomed tongue of calumny traduce." Smollett: Regioide. 2. To make odious. "Oh, what a world is this, when what is comely Envenoms him that bears it!" Shakesp.: As You Like It, ii. 3. *3. To enrage, to exasperate, to embitter. "With her full force she threw the poisonous dart, And fixed it deep within Amata's heart; That thus envenomed she might kindle rage." Dryden: Virgil's Eneid , vii. 487-89. *en-ver-meil, v . t . [Pref. en , and Fr. vermeil = vermilion.] To give a red or ruddy color to; to tinge with red. en-vi-a-ble, a. [Eng. envy; -able.] That may or should be envied; capable of exciting envy; fit to be envied. "They, in an enviable mediocrity of fortune, do happily po e themselves." -Carew : Survey of Cornwall. ěn-vi-a-ble-ne , s. [Eng. enviable; -ne .] The quality or state of being enviable. en-vi-a-bly, adv . [ Eng.enviab ( le ); -ly .] In an enviable manner or degree; so as to excite envy. *ěn-vie, v . & 8. [ENVY, v.]