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ANTIDOTE
antidote, counterpoison
(noun) a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
antidote (plural antidotes)
A remedy to counteract the effects of poison (often followed by "against," "for," or "to").
(figurative) Something that counteracts or prevents something harmful.
Verb
antidote (third-person singular simple present antidotes, present participle antidoting, simple past and past participle antidoted)
(transitive) To counteract as an antidote.
Anagrams
• tetanoid
Source: Wiktionary
An"ti*dote, n. Etym: [L. antidotum, Gr. antidote. See Dose, n.]
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, poison.
2. Whatever tends to prevent mischievous effects, or to counteract evil which something else might produce.
An"ti*dote, v. 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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