mithridate

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A mithridate, whose operation

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  1. noun An antidote against poison, especially a confection formerly held to be an antidote to all poisons.

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  • I believe they would pass themselves upon us for such a compound as mithridate, or Venice-treacle; as if whiggism were an admirable cordial in the mass, though the several ingredients are rank poisons But if I think either Mr Hunt a villain, or know any of my Reflectors to be ungrateful rogues, I do not owe them so much kindness as to call them so; for I am satisfied that to prove them either, would but recommend them to their own party. —  The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 07
  • Then I asked for a cataplasm, composed of radish-roots, mustard-seed, onions and garlic roasted, mithridate, salt, and soot from a chimney where wood only has been burnt. —  Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire
  • Let the best of our rational physicians demonstrate and give a sufficient reason for those intricate mixtures, why just so many simples in mithridate or treacle, why such and such quantity; may they not be reduced to half or a quarter? —  The Anatomy of Melancholy
  • In this kind of melancholy, some prescribe [4398]treacle in winter, especially before or after purges, or in the spring, as Avicenna, [4399] Trincavellius mithridate, [4400]Montaltus paeony seed, unicorn's horn; os de corde cervi_, &c Amongst topics or outward medicines, none are more precious than baths, but of them I have spoken. —  The Anatomy of Melancholy
  • A mithridate, whose operation —  Lives of the English Poets : Waller, Milton, Cowley
 

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  1. Medieval Latin mithridātum, alteration of Late Latin mithridātīum, from Latin, neuter of Mithridātīus, of Mithridates, from Greek mithridāteios, after Mithridates VI, who is said to have acquired tolerance for poison.

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  1. Also methridate, and improperly mithradite; from Old French mithridat, methridat, French mithridate = Spanish Italian mitridato = Portuguese mithridato, from Middle Latin mithridatum for Late Latin mithridatīum, an antidote, neuter of Latin Mithridatīus, Mithridateus, of Mithridates, from Mithridates, from Greek Μιθραδἀτης, Μῑιθριδάτης, Mithridates VI., King of Pontus (died about 63 b. c.), who fortified himself against poisons by taking antidotes; a name of Persian origin: cf. Mithras.
 

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