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Webster 1913 Edition
Antidote
An′ti-dote
(ăn′tĭ-dōt)
, Noun.
[L. ]
antidotum
, Gr. ἀντίδοτον
(sc. φάρμακον
), fr. ἀντίδοτοσ
given against; ἀντί
against + διδόναι
to give: cf. F. antidote
. See Dose
, Noun.
1.
A remedy to counteract the effects of poison, or of anything noxious taken into the stomach; – used with against, for, or to;
as, an
. antidote
against, for, or to, poison2.
Whatever tends to prevent mischievous effects, or to counteract evil which something else might produce.
An′ti-dote
,Verb.
T.
1.
To counteract or prevent the effects of, by giving or taking an antidote.
Nor could Alexander himself . . .
antidote
. . . the poisonous draught, when it had once got into his veins. South.
2.
To fortify or preserve by an antidote.
Webster 1828 Edition
Antidote
AN'TIDOTE
,Noun.
1.
A medicine to counteract the effects of poison, or of any thing noxious taken into the stomach.2.
Whatever tends to prevent mischievous effects, or to counteract the evil which something else might produce.Definition 2024
Antidote
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See also: Antidote
English
Noun
antidote (plural antidotes)
- A remedy to counteract the effects of poison (often followed by "against," "for," or "to").
- She reached the hospital in time to receive the antidote for the snake venom.
- 2014 December 23, Olivia Judson, “The hemiparasite season [print version: Under the hemiparasite, International New York Times, 24–25 December 2014, p. 7]”, in The New York Times:
- The druids […] believed that mistletoe could make barren animals fecund, and that it was an antidote to all poisons.
- Something that counteracts or prevents something harmful.
- We need an antidote for this misinformation.
Related terms
- antidotal
- antidotic
- antidotically
Translations
remedy to counteract a poison
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something that counteracts
Verb
antidote (third-person singular simple present antidotes, present participle antidoting, simple past and past participle antidoted)
- (transitive) To counteract as an antidote.
- 2007, Suzanne C. Lawton, Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman, Asperger syndrome: natural steps toward a better life (page 143)
- For his part, the patient must avoid some commonplace substances in order to avoid antidoting or stopping the action of the homeopathic remedy […]
- 2007, Suzanne C. Lawton, Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman, Asperger syndrome: natural steps toward a better life (page 143)
Translations
to counteract as an antidote
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See also
References
- antidote in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913