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   Venom , n. [OE. venim, OF. venim, venin, F. venin, L. venenum. Cf. Venenate.]
    Matter fatal or injurious to life; poison; particularly, the poisonous matter which certain animals, such as serpents, scorpions, bees, etc., secrete in a state of health, and communicate by biting or stinging.
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   Or hurtful worm with cankered venom bites.
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   Spite; malice; malignity; evil quality. Chaucer. “The venom of such looks.”
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   Syn. -- Venom; virus; bane. See Poison.
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   Venom, v. t. [OE. venimen, OF. venimer, L. venenare. See Venom, n.] To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison. [R.] “Venomed vengeance.” 
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