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Potion

//ˈpəʊ.ʃən// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical.

    "He hoped to win the princess's heart by mixing the love potion the witch gave him into her drink."

  2. 2
    a medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To drug (someone). obsolete, transitive

    "[T]he yong L. Roger Mortimer, […] hauing corrupted his Keepers, or (as ſome others vvrite) hauing potioned them vvith a ſleepy drinke, eſcaped out of the Tovver of London, getting ouer clearely vvithout any empeachment into France."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English pocioun, borrowed from Old French pocion, from Latin pōtiō (“a drinking”), pōtiōnis, from pōtāre (“to drink”). Doublet of poison.

Etymology 2

From Middle English pocioun, borrowed from Old French pocion, from Latin pōtiō (“a drinking”), pōtiōnis, from pōtāre (“to drink”). Doublet of poison.

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