Obs. [f. L. venēnāt-, ppl. stem of venēnāre, f. venēn-um poison.] trans. To poison; to render poisonous.
1623. Cockeram, II., To Poyson, Venenate.
1665. G. Harvey, Adv. agst. Plague, 5. The air … must be first venenated or rendred poysonous. Ibid., 7. The said Miasms entring the Body are not so Energick as to venenate the intire mass of blood in an instant.
So † Venenated ppl. a. Obs.
1597. Middleton, Wisd. Solomon, xvi. 11. When poyson’d iawes and venenated stings, Were both as opposite against content.
