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/ˌmɪθrəˈdeɪdaɪz/ · verb
(US) To make immune to a poison by administration of gradually increasing doses..
Our constitutions adapt themselves to the slow poison of the world till we become mithridatized at last.
Her experiences in high school gradually mithridatized her to the ways of men.
Poisonous snakes are... ‘mithridatised’ in regard to their own poison.
Use mithridatize when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mithridatize means (US) To make immune to a poison by administration of gradually increasing doses..
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Our constitutions adapt themselves to the slow poison of the world till we become mithridatized at last.
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