Emily Dickinson Lexicon

EM-POIS'ON, v.t. [s as z. Fr. empoisonner. See Poison.]

1. To poison; to administer poison to; to destroy or endanger life by giving or causing to be taken into the stomach any noxious drug or preparation. Sidney. Bacon. [In this sense, poison is generally used; but empoison may be used, especially in poetry.]
2. To taint with poison or venom; to render noxious or deleterious by an admixture of poisonous substance. [This may be used, especially in poetry.]
3. To imbitter; to deprive of sweetness; as, to empoison the joys and pleasures of life.