mithridatise

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A form of mithridatize — To make immune to a poison by administration of gradually increasing doses.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

verbmithridatise (third-person singular simple present mithridatises, present participle mithridatising, simple past and past participle mithridatised)

present singular third person mithridatises · participle present mithridatising · participle past mithridatised · past mithridatised

  1. UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of mithridatize.

Origin

From Latin Mithridates + -ise, in reference to Mithridates VI of Pontus.

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APA

mithridatise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mithridatise

MLA

“mithridatise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mithridatise. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mithridatise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mithridatise.

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