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<hw>An"ti*dote</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To counteract or prevent the effects of, by giving or taking an antidote.</def>

<blockquote>Nor could Alexander himself . . . <b>antidote</b> . . . the poisonous draught, when it had once got into his veins. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To fortify or preserve by an antidote.</def>

<h1>Antidotical</h1> <Xpage=64>

<hw>An`ti*dot"ic*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Serving as an antidote.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>An`ti*dot"ic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Antidromous</h1> <Xpage=64>

<hw>An*tid"ro*mous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>anti-</ets> + Gr. <?/ a running.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Changing the direction in the spiral sequence of leaves on a stem.</def>

<h1>Antidysenteric</h1> <Xpage=64>

<hw>An`ti*dys`en*ter"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Good against dysentery.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> A medicine for dysentery.</def></def2>

<h1>Antiemetic</h1> <Xpage=64>

<hw>An`ti*e*met"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a. <?/ n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Antemetic</er>.</def>

<h1>Antiephialtic</h1> <Xpage=64>

<hw>An`ti*eph`i*al"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Antephialtic</er>.</def>

<h1>Antiepileptic</h1> <Xpage=64>

<hw>An`ti*ep`i*lep"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Antepileptic</er>.</def>

<h1>Antifebrile</h1> <Xpage=64>

<hw>An`ti*fe"brile</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Febrifuge.</def>

<h1>Antifebrine</h1> <Xpage=64>

<hw>An`ti*feb"rine</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Acetanilide.</def>

<h1>Anti-federalist</h1> <Xpage=64>

<hw>An`ti-fed"er*al*ist</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One of party opposed to a federative government; -- applied particularly to the party which opposed the adoption of the constitution of the United States.</def>

<i>Pickering.</i>

<h1>Antifriction</h1> <Xpage=64>

<hw>An`ti*fric"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Something to lesse<?/ friction; antiattrition. -- <i>a</i>. Tending to lessen friction.</def>

<h1>Antigalastic</h1> <Xpage=64>

<hw>An`ti*ga*las"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>anti-</ets> + Gr. <?/, <?/, milk.]</ety> <def>Causing a diminution or a suppression of the secretion of milk.</def>

<h1>Anti-Gallican</h1> <Xpage=64>

<hw>An`ti-Gal"li*can</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Opposed to what is Gallic or French.</def>

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