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Pertaining to, consisting of, or addicted to, anecdotes. "Anecdotical traditions." Bolingbroke.

One who relates or collects anecdotes.

Having the quality an antidote; fitted to counteract the effects of poison. Sir T. Browne. -- An"ti*do`tal*ly, adv.

Antidotal. -- n. Antidote; also, a book of antidotes.

Serving as an antidote. -- An`ti*dot"ic*al*ly, adv.

the wild goat, the gazelle, and the Peruvian llama) formerly regarded as an unfailing antidote for poison, and a certain remedy for eruptive, pestilential, or putrid diseases. Hence: Any antidote or panacea.

Having the qualities of an antidote, or of bezoar; healing. [Obs.]

composed of various aromatic and other ingredients, highly celebrated in India as an antidote, and as a stomachic and antispasmodic.

d is obtained; also, the root of the South American Chiococca anguifuga, a celebrated antidote for snake poison.

John i. 7. Can'st thou not minister to a mind diseased, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the suffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart Shak.

es; a mass formed of fragments; collection; accumulation. A conglomerate of marvelous anecdotes, marvelously heaped together. Trench.

To modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate; to soften. [Obs.] The antidotes . . . have allayed its bitterness and contempered its malignancy. Johnson.

See Dote.

That dotes; silly; excessively fond. -- Dot"ing*ly, adv. -- Dot"ing*ness, n.

To be weak or foolish; to dote; as, a driveling hero; driveling love. Shak. Dryden.

r; as, an eloquent orator or preacher. O Death, all-eloquent! You only prove What dust we dote on when 't is man we love. Pope.

ish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style with metaphors.

Related to, resembling, or containing epidote; as, an epidotic granite.

Taylor. "How to interpose" with a small, smart remark, sentiment facete, or unctuous anecdote. Prof. Wilson. -- Fa*cete"ly, adv. -- Fa*cete"ness, n.

Doted on; regarded with affection. [R.] Nor fix on fond abodes to circumscribe thy prayer. Byron.