Antidote

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Antidote \An"ti*dote\ ([a^]n"t[i^]*d[=o]t), n. [L. antidotum,
     Gr. 'anti`doton (sc. fa`rmakon), fr. 'anti`dotos given
     against; 'anti` against + dido`nai to give: cf. F. 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.
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     2. Whatever tends to prevent mischievous effects, or to
        counteract evil which something else might produce.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Antidote \An"ti*dote\, v. t.
     1. To counteract or prevent the effects of, by giving or
        taking an antidote.
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              Nor could Alexander himself . . . antidote . . . the
              poisonous draught, when it had once got into his
              veins.                                --South.
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     2. To fortify or preserve by an antidote.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  antidote
       n : a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison
           [syn: {counterpoison}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "antidote":
     alexipharmic, antacid, antiserum, antitoxin, antivenin, backfire,
     buffer, corrective, counteractant, counteractive, counteragent,
     counterirritant, countermeasure, counterpoison, counterstep, cure,
     drug, medicament, medication, medicine, neutralizer, nullifier,
     offset, preventative, preventive, prophylactic, remedy, specific,
     theriac, theriaca