Español
antídoto.
(Del lat. antidŏtus, y este del gr. ἀντίδοτος).
1. m. Medicamento contra un veneno.
2. m. Medicina o sustancia que contrarresta los efectos nocivos de otra.
3. m. Medio preventivo para no incurrir en un vicio o falta.
Fuente: Diccionario de la Real Academia Española
English
Gr. anti`doton (sc. fa`rmakon), fr. anti`dotos given against; anti` against + dido`nai 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Whatever tends to prevent mischievous effects, or to
counteract evil which something else might produce.
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Antidote An"ti*dote, v. t.
1. To counteract or prevent the effects of, by giving or
taking an antidote.
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Nor could Alexander himself . . . antidote . . . the
poisonous draught, when it had once got into his
veins. --South.
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2. To fortify or preserve by an antidote.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English