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empoison, v.|ɛmˈpɔɪzən, z(ə)n|
Forms: α. 4–6 enpoysen, -on, -oun, 5–6 enpoisen, -on, -oun, 4–8 empoyson, (7 empoysn), 6– empoison. β. 6–7 impoyson, 6– impoison.
[a. F. empoisonne-r, f. en- (see en-) + poison poison.]
†1. trans. To administer poison to (a person); esp. to kill by poison. Also absol. Obs.
αc1350Will. Palerne 4650 Þei him bi-hiȝt..Þat þei priueli wold enpoysoun þe king. c1386Chaucer Monk's T. 582 Empoysoned of thyn owene folk thou weere. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. lviii. 42 King vortimer was enpoisened and dyed at london. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. cccxvi. 486 In mynde to haue enpoysoned the frenche kynge. 1604Supplic. Masse Priests ii, To murder and empoyson our late Queene. 1667Lond. Gaz. No. 206/2 The Grand Visier was by..practises on his person empoisoned.
β1530Palsgr. 590/1, I impoyson. 1580Apol. Pr. Orange in Phœnix (1721) I. 464 The Cardinal of Grandvelle impoison'd the last Maximilian. 1599Warn. Faire Wom. i. 44 Some..tyrant to obtain a crown Stabs, hangs, impoisons. 1649Alcoran 406 He permitted one of his dearest friends to..die impoysoned. 1670Brooks Wks. (1867) VI. 227 How many thousand children and servants are there impoisoned! 1795A. Barruel Hist. Clergy during French Rev. 55 Impoisoned by these pestilent men.
†b. transf. and fig. To kill as if by poison; to affect as poison does. Also absol. Obs.
1607Shakes. Cor. v. vi. 11 A man by his owne Almes impoyson'd. 1626Bacon Sylva §546 The Surfeit of them [mushromes] may suffocate and empoyson. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. vii. 119 This way a Basilisk may empoyson.
2. a. To put poison into (food or drink); to taint, render poisonous; to vitiate as with poison (the blood, animal tissues, etc.); to envenom. Also, to dip (an arrow) in poison. Now somewhat rhetorical.
α1634T. Johnson tr. Parey's Chirurg. ii. (1678) 274 Neither..could it [gunpowder] empoyson the bodies of such as are wounded. 1683Salmon Doron Med. i. 155 When the Blood is empoysoned. 1725Sloane Jamaica ii. 6 Bowmen with their arrows most villanously empoyson'd. 1825Scott Talism. xxviii, The simoon empoisons the atmosphere.
β1602Warner Alb. Eng. x. lvi. (1612) 246. 1686 Goad Celest. Bodies iii. iii. 472 Our Two Superiours are more to be suspected in impoisoning the Fountains, and corrupting our Mass of Bloud. 1733Cheyne Eng. Malady i. vi. §2 (1734) 50 All which must necessarily..impoison..their natural Juices.
†b. intr. for refl.
1622Peacham Compl. Gentl. xviii. (1634) 215 Yet much lyeth in our power to keepe that fount from empoysoning.
3. fig.
a. To taint with sin or error; to corrupt, vitiate, spoil.
α1325E.E. Allit. P. B. 242 Þat en-poysened alle peplez þat parted fro hem boþe. 1401Pol. Poems (1859) II. 73 Prechen what ȝou list, and with ȝour privy pestilence enpoisoun the peple. 1534Ld. Berners Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. (1546) S viij, Riches, youthe, solitarines, and libertee ben iiii. pestilences, that enpoison the prynce. 1599Sandys Europæ Spec. (1632) 18 Proceed on to empoyson their country. 1633Bp. Hall Hard Texts 144 Thou art..empoysoned with the most deadly venome of wickednesse. 1738Warburton Div. Legat. I. 292 The Deists..empoison everything they touch. 1882T. A. Pope tr. Capecelatro's Philip Neri I. 48 An undisciplined will might..destroy or empoison all vigour of thought.
β1557North Gueuara's Diall Pr. A. Ded., Any newe thinge that mighte..impoison with erronious doctrine the consciences. c1612Beaum. & Fl. Thierry ii. 454 She hath impoyson'd Your good opinion of me. 1656Trapp Comm. Eph. v. 3 Citizens' wives..were..impoisoned at stage-plays.
b. To render virulent, envenom (feelings); to ‘poison’, embitter (a person's mind) against. Also, to embitter, destroy all pleasure in (a means of enjoyment).
α1646J. Hall Horæ Vac. 136 Jests empoysoned with bitternesse. 1806Ann. Rev. IV. 774 Our social tables, which they conspire to empoison. 1832Blackw. Mag. XXXII. 225 This distraction..will empoison all your joys. 1879J. Hawthorne Laugh. M. 75 His soul had been empoisoned against them and all the world.
β1599Shakes. Much Ado iii. i. 86 One does not know How much an ill word may impoison liking. |