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antidote

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an⋅ti⋅dote

  [an-ti-doht] noun, verb, -dot⋅ed, -dot⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a medicine or other remedy for counteracting the effects of poison, disease, etc.
2. something that prevents or counteracts injurious or unwanted effects: Good jobs are the best antidote to teenage crime.
–verb (used with object)
3. to counteract with an antidote: Medication was given to antidote the poison the child had swallowed.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME (< MF) < L antidotum < Gk antídoton something given against (i.e., for counteracting), equiv. to anti- anti- + dotón neut. of dotós given, verbid of didónai to give; akin to datum

Related forms:
an⋅ti⋅dot⋅al, an⋅ti⋅dot⋅i⋅cal  [an-ti-dot-i-kuhl] , adjective
an⋅ti⋅dot⋅al⋅ly, an⋅ti⋅dot⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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an·ti·dote   (ān'tĭ-dōt')   
n.  

  1. A remedy or other agent used to neutralize or counteract the effects of a poison.

  2. An agent that relieves or counteracts: jogging as an antidote to nervous tension.

tr.v.   an·ti·dot·ed, an·ti·dot·ing, an·ti·dotes
To relieve or counteract with an antidote: "Hallie's family life is laced with the poison of self-hatred, a poison that Sam has antidoted with love and understanding" (Christopher Swan).

[Middle English, from Latin antidotum, from Greek antidoton, from antididonai, antido-, to give as a remedy against : anti-, anti- + didonai, to give; see dō- in Indo-European roots.]
an'ti·dot'al (ān'tĭ-dōt'l) adj., an'ti·dot'al·ly adv.
Usage Note: Antidote may be followed by to, for, or against: an antidote to boredom; an antidote for snakebite; an antidote against inflation.
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Word Origin & History

antidote 
1515, from L. antidotum, from Gk. antidoton "given as a remedy," lit. "given against," verbal adj. of antididonai "give in return," from anti- "against" + didonai "to give" (see date (1)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: an·ti·dote
Pronunciation: 'ant-i-"dOt
Function: noun
: a remedy that counteracts the effects of poison
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

antidote an·ti·dote (ān'tĭ-dōt')
n.
An agent used to neutralize or counteract the effects of a poison.

an'ti·dot'al (ān'tĭ-dōt'l) adj.
an'ti·dot'al·ly adv.

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