Antidote
Pronunciation : An"ti*dote
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. antidotum, Gr. antidote. See Dose, n.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : An"ti*dote
Part of Speech : v. t.
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913