potion

[ poh-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers: a love potion; a sleeping potion.

Origin of potion

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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

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British Dictionary definitions for potion

potion

/ (ˈpəʊʃən) /


noun
  1. a drink, esp of medicine, poison, or some supposedly magic beverage

  2. a rare word for beverage

Origin of potion

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C13: via Old French from Latin pōtiō a drink, especially a poisonous one, from pōtāre to drink

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