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Webster 1913 Edition

Mithridate

Mith′ri-date

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Noun.
(Med.)
An antidote against poison, or a composition in form of an electuary, supposed to serve either as a remedy or a preservative against poison; an alexipharmic; – so called from
King
Mithridates
, its reputed inventor.
[Love is] a drop of the true elixir; no
mithridate
so effectual against the infection of vice.
Southey.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mithridate

MITH'RIDATE

,
Noun.
In pharmacy, an antidote against poison, or a composition in form of an electuary, supposed to serve either as a remedy or a preservative against poison. It takes its name from Mithridates, king of Pontus, the inventor.

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