antidote Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison
    counterpoison.

WordNet

An"ti*dote noun
Etymology
L. antidotum, Gr. (sc. ), fr. given against; against + to give: cf. F. antidote. See Dose, n.
Definitions
  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.
  2. Whatever tends to prevent mischievous effects, or to counteract evil which something else might produce.
An"ti*dote transitive verb
Definitions
  1. 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.
  2. To fortify or preserve by an antidote.

Webster 1913