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Antidote
antidote
(antidotes) 1. An antidote is a chemical substance that stops or controls the effect of a poison. When he returned, he noticed their sickness and prepared an antidote. N-COUNT 2. Something that is an antidote to a difficult or unpleasant situation helps you to overcome the situation. Massage is a wonderful antidote to stress. = cure, remedy N-COUNT: usu N to n
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1.
noun Etymology: Middle English antidot, from Latin antidotum, from Greek antidotos, from feminine of antidotos given as an ~, from antididonai to give as an ~, from anti- + didonai to give — more at date Date: 15th century 1. a remedy to counteract the effects of poison 2. something that relieves, prevents, or counteracts an ~ to the mechanization of our society • ~ transitive verb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
n. 1 a medicine etc. taken or given to counteract poison. 2 anything that counteracts something unpleasant or evil. Derivatives antidotal adj. Etymology: F antidote or L antidotum f. Gk antidoton neut. of antidotos given against (as ANTI- + stem of didonai give) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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5.
1. мед. фарм. антидот; противоядие milk is an antidote for some poisons —- молоко нейтрализует некоторые яды 2. лекарство, средство против чего-л antidote for boredom —- лекарство от скуки ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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7.
~ n 1 a substance that stops the effects of a poison (There is no known antidote to a bite from this snake.) 2 something that makes an unpleasant situation better (Laughter, the antidote to stress.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
8.
- early 15c., from L. antidotum, from Gk. antidoton "given as a remedy," verbal adjective of antididonai "give in return," from anti- "against" + didonai "to give." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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