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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