mithridatize
/mɪˈθrɪdətaɪz/(亦作-ise)
verb
with obj.
- rare render immune against a poison by administering gradually increasing doses of the poison〈罕〉(通过渐增服毒剂量)使耐毒。
词源
mid 19th cent.: from the name of Mithridates (see M ITHRIDATES Ⅵ), who reputedly made himself immune to poisons by constantly taking antidotes, + -IZE.