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antidote |
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antidote Noun 1. Med a substance that counteracts a poison 2. anything that counteracts a harmful condition: exercise may be a good antidote to insomnia [Greek anti- against + didonai to give]
antidote a remedy to counteract a harmful substance in the body. See also: Remedies
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antidote noun remedy, cure, preventive, corrective, neutralizer, nostrum, countermeasure, antitoxin, antivenin, counteragent Translations |
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| He sold a drug, pretending that it was an antidote to all poisons, and obtained a great name for himself by long-winded puffs and advertisements. It came into my mind when I began to chew it that perhaps it might be that venomous herb against which no antidote had yet been found, but persuading myself afterwards that my fears were merely chimerical, I continued to chew it, till a man accidentally meeting me, and seeing me with a handful of it, cried out to me that I was poisoned; I had happily not swallowed any of it, and throwing out what I had in my mouth, I returned God thanks for this instance of his protection. But I have now your assurance at my back, and shall put it in my book, and make it an antidote to my black humours. |
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