a. [f. ANTIDOTE + -AL.] Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of, an antidote; alexipharmic. lit. and fig.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., 168. None of the Ancients ascribed any medicinall or antidotall virtue unto the Unicornes horne.
1751. Johnson, Rambl., No. 109, ¶ 2. Writings antidotal to levity and merriment.
1857. Nat. Mag., I. 285. The antidotal efficacy of a Honduras plant.
