antidote : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: antidote	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for antidote
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
antidote n a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison Synonym(s): antidote, counterpoison
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Antidote \An"tidote\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Antidote \An"tidote\, 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.