mithridatize

[ mith-ri-dey-tahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, mith·ri·da·tized, mith·ri·da·tiz·ing.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of mithridatize¹

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