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    venefice
CIDE DICTIONARY
venefice, n. [L. veneficium, fr. veneficus poisoning; venenum poison + facere to make: cf. F. vénéfice.]. 
                                            
                                         The act or practice of poisoning.                                                                                 [1913 Webster]                                                                                                                    
                                                                                    
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