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mithridatize

American  
[mith-ri-dey-tahyz] / ˈmɪθ rɪˌdeɪ taɪz /
especially British, mithridatise

verb (used with object)

mithridatized, mithridatizing

  1. to induce a state of mithridatism in (a person).

Etymology

Origin of mithridatize

First recorded in 1865–70; mithridat(ism) + -ize

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