EMPOISON Meaning of EMPOISON in English [em.poi.son] vt [ME empoysonen, fr. MF empoisoner, fr. en- + poison poison, fr. OF] (14c) 1 archaic: poison 2: embitter "a look of ~ed acceptance --Saul Bellow" -- em.poi.son.ment n Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012