Mithridate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An antidote against poison, especially a confection formerly held to be an antidote to all poisons.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A universal antidote against poison
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An antidote against poison, or a composition in form of an electuary, supposed to serve either as a remedy or a preservative against poison; an alexipharmic; -- so called from King Mithridates, its reputed inventor.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In old pharmacy, one of various compositions of many ingredients in the form of electuaries, supposed to serve either as an antidote or as a preservative against poison.
    • Word Usage
    "One cannot but feel a thrill of sympathy for poor, dying Hurd on that hot September night, fairly hectored by pious, loud-voiced neighbors into eternity; and can well believe that many a colonial invalid who lived through mithridate and rubila, through sweating and blood-letting, died of the kindly and godly-intentioned praying of his neighbors."
    Cross Reference
    mithridate mustard   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    alexipharmic   
     
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