Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
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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