potion
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ʃən noun
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers: a love potion; a sleeping potion.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English pocion < Latin pōtiōn- (stem of pōtiō) a drinking, equivalent to pōt(us), variant of pōtātus, past participle of pōtāre to drink + -iōn- -ion; replacing Middle English pocioun < Anglo-French < Latin, as above
1300–50; Middle English pocion < Latin pōtiōn- (stem of pōtiō) a drinking, equivalent to pōt(us), variant of pōtātus, past participle of pōtāre to drink + -iōn- -ion; replacing Middle English pocioun < Anglo-French < Latin, as above
Synonyms
elixir, brew, concoction, philter.
elixir, brew, concoction, philter.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a drink, esp of medicine, poison, or some supposedly magic beverage |
| 2. | a rare word for beverage |
| [C13: via Old French from Latin pōtiō a drink, especially a poisonous one, from pōtāre to drink] | |
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Potion
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
potion
c.1300, from O.Fr. pocion (12c.), from L. potionem (nom. potio) "potion, a drinking," from potus "drunken," irregular pp. of potare "to drink," from PIE base *po-/*pi- "drink" (cf. Skt. pati "drinks;" Gk. pinein "to drink," poton "that which one drinks," potos "drinking bout;" O.C.S. piti "to drink,"
pivo "beverage").
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Medical Dictionary
potion po·tion (pō'shən)
n.
A liquid medicinal dose or drink.
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Example sentences
The potion he mistakenly believes will do the trick is rhino horn, and he is prepared to pay good money for that.
But there's no magic potion to banish the film's awkwardness or make it more than a string of intermittent acting highlights.
The more he thinks of it, however, the less he is inclined to drink the potion.
Almost every body part is used to make some kind of potion.
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