antidote

== English == === Alternative forms === antidot (obsolete) === Etymology === From Latin antidotum, from Ancient Greek ἀντίδοτος (antídotos, “antidote, remedy”), from ἀντιδίδωμι (antidídōmi, “I give in return, repay”), from ἀντί (antí, “against”) + δίδωμι (dídōmi, “I give”). Compare French antidote. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæn.tɪ.doʊt/ === Noun === antidote (plural antidotes) A remedy to counteract the effects of poison. Synonyms: mithridatic, alexipharmic, alexipharmac, alexipharmacum, alexiteric, alexitery, treacle, theriac (figurative) Something that counteracts or prevents something harmful. Synonym: remedy ==== Usage notes ==== In reference to the specific poison the antidote is protective against, used with the prepositions against or for or used with an explanatory infinitive verb. ==== Hyponyms ==== (poison remedy): antivenom, antivenin, antivenene; universal antidote, mithridate, mithridatium, mithridaticon, theriac, Venice treacle, treacle (antidotes made from animal fluids): serum, antiserum ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== antidotal antidotic antidotically ==== Descendants ==== Malay: antidot Indonesian: antidot ==== Translations ==== === Verb === antidote (third-person singular simple present antidotes, present participle antidoting, simple past and past participle antidoted) (transitive) To counteract as an antidote. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== theriac === References === “antidote”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === tetanoid == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin antidotum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ti.dɔt/ === Noun === antidote m (plural antidotes) antidote ==== Descendants ==== → Romanian: antidot → Turkish: antidot === Further reading === “antidote”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === détonait dotaient == Portuguese == === Verb === antidote inflection of antidotar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative