mithridate

1. (historical, pharmacology) Any of various historical medicines, typically an electuary compounded with various poison, believed to derive from Mithridates VI and to serve as a universal antidote.Examples: "Auicen saythe; There be certeyne medicins... which wyl not suffre poyson to approche nere the harte, as triacle and Metridate."; "After I had thus evacuated the Plethora, and diſpoſed her body for Mercurialls more operative, I gave her each morning and evening a few grains of Mercur. diaphoret. in a bolus with conſ. lujule and Mithridate [...]"; "Fools may talk of Mythridate, Cordials, Elixers..."countablehistoricaluncountable

2. (historical, pharmacology) Any of various historical medicines, typically an electuary compounded with various poison, believed to derive from Mithridates VI and to serve as a universal antidote.Examples: "The contemplation was a mithridate to a pestered conceipted minde."; "That which maketh me most both to sorrow and wonder, is that musick (a methridat for melancholy) should make him mad."Synonyms: curearchaicbroadlycountablefigurativelyhistoricaluncountable

3. (obsolete, rare) Ellipsis of mithridate mustard.abbreviationalt-ofcountableellipsisobsoleterareuncountable