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Meaning of "mithridate" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MITHRIDATE

From Late Latin mithradatium, after Mithridates VI, alluding to his legendary immunity to poisons.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MITHRIDATE

mithridate  [ˈmɪθrɪˌdeɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MITHRIDATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mithridate is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MITHRIDATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mithridate

Mithridate, also known as mithridatium, mithridatum, or mithridaticum, is a semi-mythical remedy with as many as 65 ingredients, used as an antidote for poisoning, and said to be created by Mithradates VI Eupator of Pontus in the 1st century BC. It was among one of the most complex, highly sought-after drugs during the Middle Age and Renaissance, particularly in Italy and France, where they were in continual use for centuries. An updated recipe called theriac was known well into the 19th century. Mithridate takes its name from its inventor, Mithradates VI, King of Pontus who is said to have so fortified his body against poisons with antidotes and preservatives, that when he tried to kill himself, he could not find any poison that would have an effect, and, according to some legends, had to ask a soldier to run him through with a sword. The recipe for the reputed antidote was found in his cabinet, written with his own hand, and was carried to Rome by Pompey. It was translated into Latin by Pompey's freedman Lenaeus, and later improved upon by Nero's physician Andromachus and Marcus Aurelius's physician Galen.

Definition of mithridate in the English dictionary

The definition of mithridate in the dictionary is a substance believed to be an antidote to every poison and a cure for every disease.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MITHRIDATE


antedate
ˈæntɪˌdeɪt
bicuspidate
baɪˈkʌspɪˌdeɪt
candidate
ˈkændɪˌdeɪt
chloridate
ˈklɔːrɪˌdeɪt
consolidate
kənˈsɒlɪˌdeɪt
depredate
ˈdɛprɪˌdeɪt
elucidate
ɪˈluːsɪˌdeɪt
exheredate
ɛksˈhɛrɪˌdeɪt
fluoridate
ˈflʊərɪˌdeɪt
intimidate
ɪnˈtɪmɪˌdeɪt
invalidate
ɪnˈvælɪˌdeɪt
liquidate
ˈlɪkwɪˌdeɪt
methylphenidate
ˌmɛθɪlˈfɛnɪˌdeɪt
multicuspidate
ˌmʌltɪˈkʌspɪˌdeɪt
oxidate
ˈɒksɪˌdeɪt
playdate
ˈpleɪˌdeɪt
revalidate
ˌriːˈvælɪˌdeɪt
solidate
ˈsɒlɪˌdeɪt
tricuspidate
traɪˈkʌspɪˌdeɪt
validate
ˈvælɪˌdeɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MITHRIDATE

mither
Mithgarthr
Mithra
Mithradates VI
mithradatic
Mithraic
Mithraicism
Mithraism
Mithraist
Mithraistic
Mithras
Mithridates VI
mithridatic
mithridatise
mithridatism
mithridatize
miticidal
miticide
mitigable
mitigant

WORDS THAT END LIKE MITHRIDATE

accommodate
date
deoxidate
dilapidate
dilucidate
inturbidate
lapidate
nidate
noncandidate
out of date
parliamentary candidate
promuscidate
publication date
reconsolidate
rhipidate
ultracrepidate
up to date
up-to-date
update
vice-presidential candidate

Synonyms and antonyms of mithridate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mithridate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MITHRIDATE

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The translations of mithridate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mithridate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

mithridate
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Mithridate
570 millions of speakers

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mithridate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

mithridate
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

mithridate
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Митридат
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Mithridate
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

mithridate
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mithridate
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mithridate
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

mithridate
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

mithridate
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

mithridate
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mithridate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mithridate
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

mithridate
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मिथ्रीडेट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

panzehir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mithridate
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mithridate
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Мітрідат
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Mithridate
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Μιθριδάτη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mithridate
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mithridate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mithridate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mithridate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MITHRIDATE»

The term «mithridate» is normally little used and occupies the 122.852 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MITHRIDATE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mithridate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MITHRIDATE»

Discover the use of mithridate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mithridate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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La Rochefoucauld, Mithridate, Frères et soeurs, Les Muses ...
Entre autres6, Alessandro Scarlatti fit jouer en 1707 un Mithridate Eupator, Antonio Caldara un Mithridate en 1728, Nicolo Porpora un Mithridate en 1736, Domenico Terradella un Mithridate en 1746, puis ce fut en 1770 le Mithridate roi du ...
North American Society for Seventeenth-Century French Literature. Conference, Claire L. Carlin, 1998
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Forms of Control and Subordination in Antiquity
Les. artistes. dionysiaques. et. la. premiere. guerre. de. Mithridate. Takashi TAMURA Dans la seconde moitie du 4e siecle av. J.-C. des groups d'acteurs, de chanteurs, de musiciens et de poetes voyageaient dans toute la Grece, donnant des ...
Tōru Yuge, Masaoki Doi, 1988
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A Botanical Arrangement of All the Vegetables Naturally ...
MITHRIDATE. Pouches circular; leaves arrow-fhaped ; Crefs toothed; covered with a whitiíh down — Root leaves lyrt-Jbaped Campeflre eïdiiJentcd. Bloflòms^i'/ u/f. Cups witbhovmjjpets. Thlaspi vulgatius. Ray's Syt. 305. Thlaspi arvcnfe ...
William Withering, 1776
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Confidential Strategies: The Evolving Role of the Confident ...
Is there not a price to pay for the absence of the confident at least as far as the audience's engagement with Mithridate is concerned? It is true that Pharnace also has no confident, but he is something of a functional character, disappearing  ...
Valerie Worth-Stylianou, 1999
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Relations and Relationships in Seventeenth-century French ...
La Mart de Mithridate opens with the title character acknowledging that he has been definitively defeated by the Romans, no thanks to the treachery of his own son, Pharnace. From the start, the political is quite personal, indeed, familial.
Jennifer Robin Perlmutter, 2006
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Jean Racine: Life and Legend
The setting is the first of Racine's sea backcloths, at Nym- phaea, a port on the shores of the Crimean Bosphorus, where Monime, the king's intended queen, has been brought to await Mithridate, king of Pontus. The play opens with news that ...
John Sayer, 2006
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Tragic Passages: Jean Racine's Art of the Threshold
7. Not. Going. Out. to. Meet. Destiny. in. Mithridate. The Pursuit of Mithridates, who had thrown himself among the tribes inhabiting Bosphorus and the shores of the Maeotian Sea, presented great difficulties. — Plutarch, Life of Pompey ...
Roland Racevskis, 2008
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Passing On: Dynastic Succession and the King's Body in ...
Scholars have remarked in passing on the similar structural set-up of Mithridate and Phèdre which center on the king's absence followed by his spectacular return, but insufficient attention has been paid to the issue of succession posed by the ...
Helene E. Bilis, 2008
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Sentence Structure and Characterization in the Tragedies of ...
As the play draws to a close Mithridate finally chooses at the end of Act IV to give priority to fighting the Romans, thus giving Monime up to Xiphares and at the same time redeeming his image of himself. In this respect Mithridate is reminiscent ...
Mary Lynne Flowers, 1979
10
Orientalism in French Classical Drama
The. staging. of. France: Bajazet,. Mithridate,. communication. and. the. detour. SUM MAR IKS ... interview with Roxane, and she. noting the difference between Bajayt '79 The staging of France: Bajazet, Mithridate, communication and the detour.
Michèle Longino, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MITHRIDATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mithridate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Course du Géranium : Championnats de la Réunion
Mithridate Elodie 2h08'08, 330. Patche Idriss 2h08'12, 331. Lau Yam* Michel 2h08'13, 332. Hoarau Mathieu 2h08'43, 333. Dominique Jean ... «Clicanoo, May 15»
2
Behold the Ides of Winter
... Star-Trek-meets-Game-of-Thrones-style names — guitarist/vocalist Lycaon Vollmand, drummer Levatis Silvarum, bassist Psychron Mithridate ... «Edmonton Journal, Nov 13»
3
Prepare for the worst
Then sugar and a poison antidote (mithridate) are added. Both of these were available in apothecaries' shops. This was an easy recipe to ... «OUPblog, Jun 13»
4
My response to blacks' rage against me
The mithridate, i.e., the antidote, for same is as glaringly simple as it is complex. The easy part of solving this is for every black person given ... «WND.com, Feb 12»
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Right-Wing Media Consistently Downplayed Violent Threats Toward …
In a March 24 NewsBusters post, Mithridate Ombud wrote that while "[t]hose who commit violence in the name of politics deserve political ... «Media Matters for America, Jan 11»
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ObamaCare Supporter Bites Finger Off Elderly Man
ObamaCare Supporter Bites Finger Off Elderly Man. By Mithridate Ombud | September 3, 2009 | 9:26 AM EDT. Share it Tweet it. 0. shares. You have a ... «NewsBusters, Sep 09»
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Too Little Too Late
By Mithridate Ombud | April 26, 2006 | 10:09 AM EDT. Share it Tweet it. 0. shares. The New York Sun has blown a little sunshine up the back end of the St. «NewsBusters, Aug 06»
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The Truth about Connie and Dan
By Mithridate Ombud | June 23, 2006 | 8:17 PM EDT. Share it Tweet it. 0. shares. There is much speculation about the synchronized flame-out of Connie Chung ... «NewsBusters, Jun 06»
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Al-Zarqawi the Journalist
By Mithridate Ombud | June 15, 2006 | 12:40 PM EDT. Share it Tweet it. 0. shares. I'm reading the text of the document that al-Zarqawi was caught with and I ... «NewsBusters, Jun 06»
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Wisconsin Newspaper Gets Burned on Memorial Day Homeless-Vet …
Wisconsin Newspaper Gets Burned on Memorial Day Homeless-Vet Story. By Mithridate Ombud | June 5, 2006 | 12:08 PM EDT. Share it Tweet it. 0. shares. «NewsBusters, Jun 06»

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