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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.