impoison

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A form of empoison — To poison.

OriginMiddle English impoisounen ← Old French empoisoner →
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Meanings

verbimpoison (third-person singular simple present impoisons, present participle impoisoning, simple past and past participle impoisoned)

present singular third person impoisons · participle present impoisoning · participle past impoisoned · past impoisoned

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of empoison.

Origin

  1. Old Frenchempoisoner
  2. Middle Englishimpoisounen
  3. Englishimpoison

From Middle English impoisounen, empoisounen, from Old French empoisoner, equivalent to im- + poison.

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APA

impoison. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impoison

MLA

“impoison.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impoison. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “impoison,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impoison.

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