Definitions

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  • noun A poison used against another poison, serving as an antidote.

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  • noun a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison

Etymologies

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counter- +‎ poison

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Examples

  • He also asserts that no counterpoison is known and if this be true he confers a boon upon the Locustæ and

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • He also asserts that no counterpoison is known and if this be true he confers a boon upon the Locustæ and Brinvilliers of modern Europe.

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • It is such a subtile and insinuating poison that it spreads universally, and infects the most precious ointments of the soul, and, as it were, poisons the very antidote and counterpoison.

    The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Hugh Binning 1640

  • Cantharides have somewhere about them, by a contrariety of nature, a counterpoison against their poison.

    The Essays of Montaigne — Complete Michel de Montaigne 1562

  • Cantharides have somewhere about them, by a contrariety of nature, a counterpoison against their poison.

    The Essays of Montaigne — Volume 09 Michel de Montaigne 1562

  • I said to her: "Niece" (by which appellation I always addressed her), "I beg you will let me know who told you that Madame d'Orleans had taken a counterpoison unknown to us.

    The Entire Memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency d'Orleans, Charlotte -Elisabeth, duchesse 2001

  • (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury) - a remedy for hearing loss or deafness counterpoison - a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison

    Word of the Day 2010

  • For hurts and wounds here is balm; here, for poison, is counterpoison .... "

    The Wagnerian Romances Gertrude Hall Brownell 1912

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  • Poison available for sale over the counter? Like horse ivermectin :-/

    August 30, 2021