Obs. [ad. L. venēnāt-us, pa. pple. of venēnāre: see next.] Poisoned; infected or imbued with poison or poisonous properties.
1633. T. Johnson, Gerarde’s Herbal, App. 1605. They affirme that this fruit hath a wonderfull efficacie against venenate qualities and putrefaction. Ibid. (1634), Parey’s Chirurg., IX. xi. 331. The wound must be dilated … that so the venenate matter may flow forth more freely.
1672. Phil. Trans., VII. 4029. The fermentation of the venenat humors being quelled, and the pores closed.
a. 1728. Woodward, Fossils (1729), II. I. 22. They give this in Fevers after Calcination, by which means the venenate Parts are carried off.
