empoison

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One doth not know     How much an ill word may empoison liking.

From Much Ado about Nothing by Shakespeare, William

That these disdaineous females and this ferocious old woman are placed here by the administration, not only to empoison the voyagers, but to affront them!

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

Brimborion remembered that she had always warned "Mr. Jack" that this woman would "empoison" him.

From Tales of the Argonauts by Harte, Bret

"One doth not know How much an ill word may empoison liking."

From How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage by Hardy, Edward John

The pest killeth but the bodies, but such abominable imposters empoison our very souls.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 by Motteux, Peter Anthony