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potatory

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po⋅ta⋅to⋅ry

  [poh-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
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–adjective
of, pertaining to, or given to drinking.
Origin:
1820–30; < L pōtātōrius. See potation, -tory 1
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po·ta·to·ry   (pō'tə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or given to drinking.

[Late Latin pōtātōrius, from Latin pōtātus, past participle of pōtāre, to drink, from pōtus, a drink; see pō(i)- in Indo-European roots.]
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