Crossword clues for antidote
antidote
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Antidote \An"ti*dote\ ([a^]n"t[i^]*d[=o]t), n. [L. antidotum, Gr. 'anti`doton (sc. fa`rmakon), fr. 'anti`dotos given against; 'anti` against + dido`nai to give: cf. F. antidote. See Dose, n.]
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.
Whatever tends to prevent mischievous effects, or to counteract evil which something else might produce.
Antidote \An"ti*dote\, v. t.
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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. To fortify or preserve by an antidote.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"remedy counteracting poison," 1510s (earlier in English as a Latin word), from Middle French antidot and directly from Latin antidotum "a remedy against poison," from Greek antidoton "given as a remedy," literally "given against," verbal adjective of antididonai "give in return," from anti- "against" + didonai "to give" (see date (n.1)). Compare Middle English antidotarie "treatise on drugs or medicines" (c.1400).
Wiktionary
n. 1 A remedy to counteract the effects of poison ''(often followed by "against," "for," or "to")''. 2 Something that counteracts or prevents something harmful. vb. (context transitive English) To counteract as an antidote.
WordNet
n. a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison [syn: counterpoison]
Wikipedia
An antidote is a substance which can counteract a form of poisoning.
Antidote, Antidotes or The Antidote may also refer to:
- "The Antidote", nickname of Mark Coleman, wrestler and mixed martial artist
Antidote were a punk band from the Netherlands.
The band formed in 1996 and has released several records. The band has toured extensively in Europe, North America and Russia. In December 2012, the band officially announced their break-up.
An antidote is a substance which can counteract a form of poisoning. The term ultimately derives from the Greek αντιδιδοναι antididonai, "given against".
The antidotes for some particular toxins are manufactured by injecting the toxin into an animal in small doses and extracting the resulting antibodies from the host animals' blood. This results in an antivenom that can be used to counteract poison produced by certain species of snakes, spiders, and other venomous animals. A number of venoms lack a viable antivenom, and a bite or sting from an animal producing such a toxin often results in death. Some animal venoms, especially those produced by arthropods (e.g. certain spiders, scorpions, bees, etc.) are only potentially lethal when they provoke allergic reactions and induce anaphylactic shock; as such, there is no "antidote" for these venoms because it is not a form of poisoning and anaphylactic shock can be treated (e.g., by the use of epinephrine).
Some other toxins have no known antidote. For example, the poison aconitine – a highly poisonous alkaloid derived from various aconite species – has no antidote, and as a result is often fatal if it enters the human body in sufficient quantities.
"Antidote" is a song by Swedish house music trio Swedish House Mafia in collaboration with Australian electro house duo Knife Party. It was released on 16 December 2011 in the United States as the second single from the Swedish House Mafia compilation album, Until Now. The remix EP was released on 15 January 2012 for the UK digital download in the iTunes Store. "Antidote" was written by Swedish House Mafia members Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso, and Knife Party members (the members of the drum and bass band Pendulum) Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen. The song contains vocals by Swedish American hip hop recording artist Adam Baptiste (also known as ADL), whose vocals are uncredited, co-written by Swedish songwriter Klas Åhlund.
"Antidote" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Travis Scott. It was released on July 29, 2015, as the second single from his debut studio album, Rodeo (2015). Throughout the song the use of Auto-Tune is prominent. The song was produced by WondaGurl and Eestbound. The song has peaked at number 16 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Since then it has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The song debuted at #39 on the American Top 40 chart dated "January 23, 2016" and peaked at #28 on the American Top 40 chart dated "February 27, 2016". This was Travis Scott's first song to hit the American Top 40 chart.
Usage examples of "antidote".
Foucault thus proposes the sexuo-linguistic theory of Jean-Pierre Brisset as an antidote to the anthropocentric structuralisms of Saussure, Lacan, and Chomsky.
Every hour of school labor illustrates the value of apperception and teachers should find in it a constant antidote to faulty methods.
Torres, raising the two containers of hummel antidote he was carrying.
His mother now knew nearly as much as Locusta, and had been adding antidotes to her diet for months.
Nevertheless I had read in popular medical books that intercourse is the supreme antidote to masturbation and I decided to try normal intercourse with a young woman to get rid of my new tendencies.
If it follows Galen, then it prescribes theriac as an antidote and recommends bloodletting to balance the humors.
Order of Resonance came next into the dark room to bleed, and from them the interrogators extracted the details of plans to free the Warreners, and copious information about their search for an antidote to the addictive poisons in Wayfare, and the ways that they subverted art to bring others around to their cause.
Lady Appleton, what antidotes do you recommend should one be accidentally poisoned?
But he also thought about his wife, and taking a hypodermic needle from the table, he injected himself with the exact quantity of venom he would have received from the stings of five toxic bees - the maximum the antidote could suppress without causing blindness.
For generations Benedictinism was the principal antidote to barbarism.
Jamie took several deep breaths, trying to maintain a sense of annoyance with Ian as an antidote to the anxiety that wrapped itself round his chest like a snake.
Jason called Reamond first for a report on the Bridgeman business and the results obtained in the case of the diluted antidote.
Being Finnish and with suicide being so common in that country that they teach antidote administration at junior school, she immediately knocked the bottle out of his hand and poured bottle after bottle of Evian down him till the paramedics came.
Walking, stumbling, sidling, Janice felt herself drowning as she pushed through wee mad clusters along the western shore of Jabberwocky, hysteria rising, building, surging until screaming became the only possible antidote.
And all a Malkite poisoner does to get around tasters is dose them with an antidote beforehand.