See Also: antidote(medicine)
antidote(encyclopedia)
antidote(2)(dictionary)
antidote(1)(dictionary)
Antidote(health)
antidote(dictionary)
universal antidote(medicine)
physiologic antidote(medicine)
mechanical antidote(medicine)
chemical antidote(medicine)

gradine (iou) and antidote(1) (iou)


gradine (iou)



gradine noun. . M19.
[Italian gradino dim. of grado step.]
Each of a series of low steps or seats raised one above the Other. M19.
A shelf or ledge at the back of an altar. L19.

antidote(1) (iou)



antidote noun. LME.
[French, or Latin antidotum from Greek antidoton use as noun of neut. of antidotos, formed as ANTI- + do- stem of didonai give.]
A medicine given to counteract the effects of a poison (or, formerly, a disease). (Foll. by against, for, to.) LME.
fig. Something which counteracts an evil. (With constructions as sense 1.) M16.
antidotal adjective pertaining to or of the Nature of an antidote M17.