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Definition of Mithridate

Mithridate
Mithridate Mith"ri*date, n. (Med.) 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. [Love is] a drop of the true elixir; no mithridate so effectual against the infection of vice. --Southey.

Meaning of Mithridate from wikipedia

- Mithridate, also known as mithridatium, mithridatum, or mithridati****, is a semi-mythical remedy with as many as 65 ingredients, used as an antidote for...
- Look up Mithridates in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mithridates /ˌmɪθrɪˈdeɪtiːz/ or Mithradates /ˌmɪθrəˈdeɪtiːz/ (Old Persian 𐎷𐎡𐎰𐎼𐎭𐎠𐎫 Miθradāta)...
- Mithridates or Mithradates VI Eupator (Gr****: Μιθριδάτης; 135–63 BC) was the ruler of the Kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia from 120 to 63 BC, and...
- Mithridate is a tragedy in five acts (with respectively 5, 6, 6, 7, and 5 scenes) in alexandrine verse by Jean Racine. First performed on January 13, 1673...
- Mithridates II of the Bosporus, also known as Mithridates of Pergamon (died 46 BC[citation needed]), was a nobleman from Anatolia. Mithridates was one...
- Mithridates I (also spelled Mithradates I or Mihrdad I; Parthian: 𐭌𐭄𐭓𐭃𐭕 Mihrdāt), also known as Mithridates I the Great, was king of the Parthian...
- Mithridates (fl. 83 BC) was a son of King Mithridates VI of Pontus and his sister-wife Laodice. He was made by his father ruler of Colchis on the Black...
- Mithridates IV of Pontus, sometimes known by his full name Mithridates Philopator Philadelphus, (Gr****: Mιθριδάτης ὁ Φιλoπάτωρ Φιλάδελφoς, "Mithridates...
- Mithridates or Mithradates V Euergetes (Gr****: Μιθριδάτης ὁ εὐεργέτης, which means "Mithridates the benefactor"; died c. 120 BC) was a prince and the...
- from Mithridates VI, the King of Pontus, who so feared being poisoned that he regularly ingested small doses, aiming to develop immunity. Mithridates VI's...