Definitions for: Antidote

[n] a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison

Webster (1913) Definition: An"ti*dote, n. [L. antidotum, Gr. ? (sc. ?), fr. ?
given against; ? against + ? 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.

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.

Synonyms: counterpoison

See Also: curative, cure, remedy

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