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.
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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.
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