Dictionary entry

Mithridate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

a drop of the true elixir; no mithridate so effectual against the infection of vice. Southey.