- 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. - Whatever tends to prevent mischievous effects, or to
counteract evil which something else might produce.
2 . Antidote
[ v. t.]
- To counteract or prevent the effects of, by giving or
taking an antidote. - To fortify or preserve by an antidote.