Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of administering poison; the state of being poisoned; a poisoning.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of poisoning.
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- noun The act of
poisoning .
Etymologies
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French empoisonnement.
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Examples
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Each household was the scene of homicide and empoisonment.
Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 1 and 2 The Catholic Reaction John Addington Symonds 1866
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The empoisonment has then ceased to be a local affair, the virus has entered into the circulation, and its impression is made on the constitution generally.
The Dog William Youatt 1811
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