antidote
See also: Antidote
English edit
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Etymology edit
From Latin antidotum, from Ancient Greek ἀντίδοτος (antídotos, “antidote, remedy”), from ἀντιδίδωμι (antidídōmi, “I give in return, repay”), from ἀντί (antí, “against”) + δίδωμι (dídōmi, “I give”). Compare French antidote.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæn.tɪ.doʊt/
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Noun edit
antidote (plural antidotes)
- A remedy to counteract the effects of poison.
- Synonyms: mithridatic, alexipharmic, alexipharmac, alexipharmacum, alexiteric, alexitery, treacle, theriac
- She reached the hospital in time to receive the antidote for the snake venom.
- c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii], page 149, column 2:
- Can'ſt thou not Miniſter to a minde diſeas'd, / Plucke from the Memory a rooted Sorrow, / Raze out the written troubles of the Braine, / And with ſome ſweet Obliuious Antidote / Cleanſe the ſtufft boſome, of that perillous ſtuffe / Which weighes vpon the heart?
- 2014 December 23, Olivia Judson, “The hemiparasite season”, in The New York Times[1]:
- The druids […] believed that mistletoe could make barren animals fecund, and that it was an antidote to all poisons.
- (figurative) Something that counteracts or prevents something harmful.
- Synonym: remedy
- We need an antidote for this misinformation.
Usage notes edit
In reference to the specific poison the antidote is protective against, used with the prepositions against or for or used with an explanatory infinitive verb.
Hyponyms edit
- (poison remedy): antivenom, antivenin, antivenene; universal antidote, mithridate, mithridatium, mithridaticon, theriac, Venice treacle, treacle
- (antidotes made from animal fluids): serum, antiserum
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remedy to counteract a poison
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something that counteracts
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Verb edit
antidote (third-person singular simple present antidotes, present participle antidoting, simple past and past participle antidoted)
- (transitive) To counteract as an antidote.
- 2007, Suzanne C. Lawton, Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman, Asperger syndrome: natural steps toward a better life, page 143:
- For his part, the patient must avoid some commonplace substances in order to avoid antidoting or stopping the action of the homeopathic remedy […]
Translations edit
to counteract as an antidote
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See also edit
References edit
- “antidote”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin antidotum.
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Noun edit
antidote m (plural antidotes)
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Further reading edit
- “antidote”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Verb edit
antidote
- inflection of antidotar: