Mithridate
[miθrideit]
Definition
(n.) An antidote against poison, or a composition in form of an electuary, supposed to serve either as a remedy or a preservative against poison; an alexipharmic; -- so called from King Mithridates, its reputed inventor.
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Definition
n. an antidote to poison Mithridates king of Pontus (b.c. 120-63) having made himself proof against poisons.—adj. Mithridat′ic.
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Examples
- King Mithridates of Pontius, the Hellenized king of the southern shores of the Black Sea east of Bithynia, was pressing Rome into war. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- One of the proposed laws of Sulpicius was that Marius should command the armies sent against this Mithridates. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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