poison

1. n. Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism, is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly effect upon it; as, morphine is a deadly poison; the poison of pestilential diseases. Source: opted

2. n. That which taints or destroys moral purity or health; as, the poison of evil example; the poison of sin. Source: opted

3. n. To put poison upon or into; to infect with poison; as, to poison an arrow; to poison food or drink. Source: opted

4. n. To injure or kill by poison; to administer poison to. Source: opted

5. n. To taint; to corrupt; to vitiate; as, vice poisons happiness; slander poisoned his mind. Source: opted

6. v. i. To act as, or convey, a poison. Source: opted

7. n. any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism Source: wordnet

8. n. anything that harms or destroys Source: wordnet

9. v. spoil as if by poison Source: wordnet

10. v. kill with poison Source: wordnet

11. v. add poison to Source: wordnet

12. v. kill by its poison Source: wordnet

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