Meanings
present singular third person outvenoms · participle present outvenoming · participle past outvenomed · past outvenomed
- transitiveTo exceed in venom.
'Tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile.
1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]
Origin
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