“…the heavy bands still upon wrists and ankles, these, Cormac saw, sank deeply into the flesh which the rough and rusty metal envenomed.”
-The Temple of Abomination
1. en•ven•om
[ənˈvenəm]
VERB
envenoms (third person present) • envenomed (past tense) • envenomed (past participle) • envenoming (present participle)
1. archaic
to poison; make poisonous.
ORIGIN
Middle English (formerly also as invenom): from Old French envenimer, from en- ‘in’ + venim ‘venom
A Well of Heroes: Two:
Literary Impressions of the Prose and Verse of Robert E. Howard