Meaning of antidotary | Babel Free

Definitions

Relating to or being an antidote, antidotal.

not-comparable

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Examples

“A lerned man may hereby gathere that the doctore havyng an evil conscience […] poysoned hymself […] but, as it semeth by conjecture, receavyng suche chearefull message by poste from the commissyoners, wold have⟳ recovered hym selfe by medicyne, to late taken; for nuttes, rew, and fygges, ys a good antidotary preservative agaynst poysone, being taken in tyme.”

“It is a gross mistake⟳ to suppose⟳ that the apothecary’s shop⟳ contains a remedy for every disease, or that medical skill consists in prescribing an antidotary drug […]”

“In ancient times, in India, the kings used to decorate⟳ themselves with antidotary gems, as a safeguard against poisons. Even now the snake charmers apply⟳ a black stone on their bodies where they are wounded by the venomous reptile.”

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