01 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…
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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.(Med.)“[Love is] a drop of the true elixir; no mithridate so effectual against the infection of vice.” — Southey.