antidote

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

antidote
    n 1: a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison
         [syn: {antidote}, {counterpoison}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.]
   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.
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   2. Whatever tends to prevent mischievous effects, or to
      counteract evil which something else might produce.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

30 Moby Thesaurus words for "antidote":
      alexipharmic, antacid, antiserum, antitoxin, antivenin, backfire,
      buffer, corrective, counteractant, counteractive, counteragent,
      counterirritant, countermeasure, counterpoison, counterstep, cure,
      drug, medicament, medication, medicine, neutralizer, nullifier,
      offset, preventative, preventive, prophylactic, remedy, specific,
      theriac, theriaca