Ven"om (?), n. [OE. venim, OF. venim, F. venin, L. veneum. Cf. Venenate.] 1. Matter fatal or injurious to life; poison; particularly, the poisonous, the poisonous matter which certain animals, such as serpents, scorpions, bees, etc., secrete in a state of health, and communicate by thing or stinging.

Or hurtful worm with cankered venom bites.

2. Spite; malice; malignity; evil quality. Chaucer. "The venom of such looks." Shak.

Syn. -- Venom; virus; bane. See Poison.

Ven"om, v. t. [OE. venimen, OF. venimer, L. venenare. See Venom, n.] To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison. [R.] "Venomed vengeance." Shak.

Ven"om (?), n. [OE. venim, OF. venim, F. venin, L. veneum. Cf. Venenate.] 1. Matter fatal or injurious to life; poison; particularly, the poisonous, the poisonous matter which certain animals, such as serpents, scorpions, bees, etc., secrete in a state of health, and communicate by thing or stinging.

Or hurtful worm with cankered venom bites.

2. Spite; malice; malignity; evil quality. Chaucer. "The venom of such looks." Shak.

Syn. -- Venom; virus; bane. See Poison.

Ven"om, v. t. [OE. venimen, OF. venimer, L. venenare. See Venom, n.] To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison. [R.] "Venomed vengeance." Shak.

• a poison wielded by an animal
  
• felling or speech marked by spite or malice
  
  [[Volapük]]
• poison, venom