ANTIDOTE


Meaning of ANTIDOTE in English

n. 1 a medicine etc. taken or given to counteract poison. 2 anything that counteracts something unpleasant or evil. antidotal adj.

[ F antidote or L antidotum f. Gk antidoton neut. of antidotos given against (as ANTI- + stem of didonai give) ]

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