Obs. [f. ppl. stem of med.L. toxicāre to poison (in John of Salisbury, c. 1150), f. L. toxic-um poison: see TOXICUM.] trans. To poison. Hence † Toxicating vbl. sb.
1635. Heywood, Hierarch., VIII. 518. Which Feuer shakes him,… And a strange Megrim toxicates his head.
1653. Chisenhale, Cath. Hist., 12. Each morning to bite on Rue, which … secures her against the toxicating of that venomous Basilisk.
