potion
Americannoun
noun
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a drink, esp of medicine, poison, or some supposedly magic beverage
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a rare word for beverage
Etymology
Origin of potion
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
Example Sentences
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So spend a little time in the Witch’s Cottage, and maybe you’ll start to imagine that cocktail is a potion, and those deviled eggs did in fact hatch from a dragon.
From Los Angeles Times
There is no potion I know of for curing old age.
From Literature
The video for Opalite premiered on Friday, and stars Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson as a "lonely man" who summons Swift into his life by spraying a magic potion on his beloved cactus.
From BBC
They saw him take a cot out on the platform and some blankets and, by Jehoshaphat, he slept there all night, getting up to add his secret potion every few hours.
From Literature
"Felix Felicis!" said one comment, a reference to a potion in the series that makes the drinker lucky for a period of time.
From BBC
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