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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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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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