antidote

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  1. noun A remedy or other agent used to neutralize or counteract the effects of a poison.
  2. noun An agent that relieves or counteracts: jogging as an antidote to nervous tension.
  3. transitive verb To relieve or counteract with an antidote: "Hallie's family life is laced with the poison of self-hatred, a poison that Sam has antidoted with love and understanding" (Christopher Swan).
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  • It was also an antidote--or I hoped it was an antidote, and it turned out I was right--against the drug they were using to induce that condition of suspended life Monk was incredulous. —  104 - Birds Of Death
  • Autio said a correction is needed and the antidote is a genuine resolve to going back to basics, particularly when it comes to R&D. —  Silicon Republic - News
  • In this video he offers an antidote, which is an anti-dote, which is an antidote to both our currently unsustainable practices AND our unsustainable culture. —  portland indymedia - features
  • A GOOD neighbour network, described as the antidote to New Year "recessional gloom", is being launched in Highbury by a 25-year-old university student. —  British Blogs
  • By way of antidote, the dream seemed to suggest that simply focusing on what I knew how to do and keeping my mind on my task was enough to ensure that I could be successful. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
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  1. Middle English, from Latin antidotum, from Greek antidoton, from antididonai, antido-, to give as a remedy against : anti-, anti- + didonai, to give; see dō- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French antidote, from Latin antidotum, also antidotus, from Greek ἀντίδοτον (sc. φάρμακον, drug), neuter, also ἀντίδοτος (sc. δόσις, dose), feminine, an antidote, properly an adjective, from ἀντί, against, + δοτός, given, verbal adjective of διδὀναι, give, = Latin dare, give: see date.
  2. from antidote, n.
 

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