Potion

  • 21potion — noun Potion is used after these nouns: ↑love …

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  • 22potion — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. potation; philter, elixir, brew, libation. See remedy, drinking. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. drink, dose, tonic, elixir, draft, liquor, dram, nip, cordial, stimulant, libation, restorative, philter,… …

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  • 23potion — po|tion [ pouʃn ] noun count a drink that is believed to be magic, poisonous, or useful as a medicine: a sleeping potion …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 24potion — [13] The Indo European base *pō , *pī ‘drink’ has provided the verb for ‘drink’ in most modern European languages, apart from the Germanic ones: French boire, for instance, Russian pit’, and Welsh yfed all come from it. Amongst it Latin… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 25potion — [[t]po͟ʊʃ(ə)n[/t]] potions N COUNT A potion is a drink that contains medicine, poison, or something that is supposed to have magic powers …

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  • 26potion — noun (C) 1 literary a drink intended to have a special or magic effect on the person who drinks it: a love potion 2 humorous a medicine, especially one that seems strange, old fashioned, or unnecessary: treating herself with pills and potions …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27potion — n drink, beverage, quaff, draft, potation, libation, Brit. Sl. bevy; tonic, stimulant, Pharm. elixir; mixture, cGncoction, brew; philter, love potion …

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  • 28potion — po•tion [[t]ˈpoʊ ʃən[/t]] n. a drink or draft, esp. one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers • Etymology: 1300–50; ME pocio(u) n (< AF) < L pōtiō drinking, drink, potion =pō , base of pōtāre to drink, pōculum… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 29potion —   Mea inu.    ♦ Medical potion, apu …

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  • 30potion — [13] The Indo European base *pō , *pī ‘drink’ has provided the verb for ‘drink’ in most modern European languages, apart from the Germanic ones: French boire, for instance, Russian pit’, and Welsh yfed all come from it. Amongst it Latin… …

    Word origins