Word Meanings - IMPOISON - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To poison; to imbitter; to impair.

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• IMBITTER
  To make bitter; hence, to make distressing or more distressing; to make sad, morose, sour, or malignant. Is there anything that more imbitters the enjoyment of this life than shame South. Imbittered against each other by former contests. Bancroft.
• IMPAIRMENT
  The state of being impaired; injury. "The impairment of my health." Dryden.
• POISON CUP
  1. A cup containing poison. 2. A cup that was supposed to break on having poison put into it.
• IMBITTERMENT
  The act of imbittering; bitter feeling; embitterment.
• IMPAIRER
  One who, or that which, impairs.
• POISONSOME
  Poisonous. Holland.
• POISON BUSH
  Any fabaceous shrub of the genus Gastrolobium, the herbage of which is poisonous to stock; also, any species of several related genera, as Oxylobium, Gompholobium, etc. The plant Myoporum deserti, often distinguished as Ellangowan poison bush or
• POISON
  potio a drink, draught, potion, a poisonous draught, fr. potare to 1. Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism, is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly effect upon it; as, morphine is a deadly poison; the poison of
• IMPAIR
  To make worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or strength; to deteriorate; as, to impair health, character, the mind, value. Time sensibly all things impairs. Roscommon. In years he seemed, but not impaired by years. Pope. Syn. -- To
• POISONER
  One who poisons. Shak.
• POISONABLE
  1. Capable of poisoning; poisonous. "Poisonable heresies." Tooker. 2. Capable of being poisoned.
• IMBITTERER
  One who, or that which, imbitters.
• POISONOUS
  Having the qualities or effects of poison; venomous; baneful; corrupting; noxious. Shak. -- Poi"son*ous*ly, adv. -- Poi"son*ous*ness, n.
• EMPOISONMENT
  The act of poisoning. Bacon.
• IMPOISONER
  A poisoner. Beau. & Fi.
• IMPOISONMENT
  The act of poisoning or impoisoning. Pope.
• EMPOISON
  To poison; to impoison. Shak.
• EMPOISONER
  Poisoner. Bacon.
• UNIMPAIRABLE
  That can not be impaired. Hakewill.
• DISIMBITTER
  To free from bitterness.
• UNPOISON
  To remove or expel poison from. South.