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Potation

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of drinking. countable, in-plural, often, uncountable

    "[…] perhaps his nocturnal potations, prevented him from recognizing accents which were tolerably familiar to him—[…]"

  2. 2
    the act of drinking (especially an alcoholic drink) wordnet
  3. 3
    A drink, especially an alcoholic beverage. countable, uncountable

    "For as this is the Liquor of modern Hiſtorians, nay, perhaps their Muſe, if we may believe the Opinion of Butler, who attributes Inſpiration to Ale, it ought likewiſe to be the Potation of their Readers; ſince every Book ought to be read with the ſame Spirit, and in the ſame Manner, as it is writ."

  4. 4
    a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English potacion, from Old French potacion, from Latin pōtātiō.

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