unvenom

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verb

To remove the venom from.

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Meanings

verbunvenom (third-person singular simple present unvenoms, present participle unvenoming, simple past and past participle unvenomed)

present singular third person unvenoms · participle present unvenoming · participle past unvenomed · past unvenomed

  1. transitiveTo remove the venom from.

    You did, with thrift of holy gain / Unvenoming the sting of pain / Hive its sharp heather-honey

    1900, Francis Thompson, Ode to the English Martyrs, London: Burns and Oates, page 4, lines 26–28
    1 more example

    […] a skilful Gardener may provoke the Poison which begins to tinge the Leaves, and by checking the Nourishment of the Plant, and giving it unwholsome ^([sic]) Diet, may by degrees unvenom the whole […]

    1718, Richard Bradley, New Improvements of Planting and Gardening, page 13

Origin

From un- + venom.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unvenom,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unvenom.

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