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) ]
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) ]
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012