Meaning

1 senses

  1. To inject venom into.

    Fortunately, the snake did not envenomate him.

Origin

By surface analysis, en + venom + ate; possibly a back-formation from envenomation.

By surface analysis, en + venom + ate; possibly a back-formation from envenomation.

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Forms

envenomates, envenomating, envenomated, envenomated
Base formenvenomate · to envenomate
3rd person singularenvenomates
Present participleenvenomating
Past simpleenvenomated
Past participleenvenomated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyenvenomate
he, she, itenvenomates

Past simpleLesson

all personsenvenomated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave envenomated
he, she, ithas envenomated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill envenomate

Synonyms

2 synonyms
envenomvenomize

Word family

1 related words
Relatedenvenomation

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
enumerateenunciateenvelopeA2enviableC1envieenvious
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