English Dictionary

mithridate

/ˈmɪθrəˌdeɪt/

noun

(historical medicine) Any of various historical medicines—typically an electuary compounded with various poisons—believed to derive from Mithridates VI and to serve as a universal antidote.

He took mithridate to protect himself from poison.

意味（1）

(historical medicine) Any of various historical medicines—typically an electuary compounded with various poisons—believed to derive from Mithridates VI and to serve as a universal antidote.

Auicen saythe; There be certeyne medicins... which wyl not suffre poyson to approche nere the harte, as triacle and Metridate.

意味（2）

(figuratively, now rare) Synonym of cure.

The contemplation was a mithridate to a pestered conceipted minde.

意味（3）

(rare, obsolete) Ellipsis of mithridate mustard.: pepperwort (L. campestre), pennycress (T. arvense), or candytuft (Iberis).