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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishpocioun, borrowed fromOld Frenchpocion, fromLatinpōtiō(a drinking),pōtiōnis, frompōtāre(to drink).Doublet ofpoison.

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Noun

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potion (pluralpotions)

  1. A smallportion ordose of aliquid which ismedicinal,poisonous, ormagical.
    He hoped to win the princess's heart by mixing the lovepotion the witch gave him into her drink.

Synonyms

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  • lib(Britain dialectal, Scotland)

Derived terms

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Translations

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small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical

Verb

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potion (third-person singular simple presentpotions,present participlepotioning,simple past and past participlepotioned)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) Todrug (someone).
    • 1611, Iohn Speed [i.e.,John Speed], “Edward the Second, []”, inThe History of Great Britaine under the Conquests of yͤ Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. [], London: [] William Hall and John Beale, for John Sudbury and George Humble, [],→OCLC, book IX ([Englands Monarchs] []), paragraph 49,page561, column 1:
      [T]he yong L.Roger Mortimer,[] hauing corrupted his Keepers, or (as ſome others vvrite) hauingpotioned them vvith a ſleepy drinke, eſcaped out of the Tovver ofLondon, getting ouer clearely vvithout any empeachment intoFrance.

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinpōtiōnem.Doublet ofpoison, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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potion f (pluralpotions)

  1. potion

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