Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IM-POIS'ON
IM-POIS'ON, v.t. [s as z. Fr. empoisonner. See Poison.]
- To poison; to impregnate with poison; to corrupt with poison.
- To imbitter; to impair; as, grief impoisons the pleasures of life.
- To kill with poison. [Rare.] Shak
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