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empoisonment|ɛmˈpɔɪzənmənt|
Also 7–8 impoisonment.
[f. as prec. + -ment.]
1. The administration of poison to a person; the fact of being poisoned. arch. or Obs.
1569R. Androse tr. Alexis' Secr. iv. iii. 13 A more excellent remedie against empoysonments [printed empoysments]. 1600O. E. Repl. Libel i. v. 104 The apostles.. neuer taught..empoisonment of princes. 1653A. Wilson Jas. I, 84, I have found in the Book of God, examples of all other offences, but not any one of an Impoysonment. 1727Swift Further Acc. E. Curll III. i. 154 The manner of Mr. Curll's impoisonment. 1815Month. Mag. XXXIX. 309 Sudden death, so like an empoisonment. 1824Landor Imag. Conv. Wks. 1846 I. xii. 49 You..rarely find an empoisonment..committed in England for policy.
2. The action of tainting or impregnating with poison. Also fig.
1626Bacon Sylva §915 And these Empoisonments of air are the more dangerous in meetings of people. 1886Farrar Westm. Serm. in Libr. Mag. (N.Y.) 16 Oct. 595 His bad example is a spiritual empoisonment. |