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• a variation of philter.

philtre

American  

[fil-ter] / ˈfɪl tər /

noun

philtred, philtring

1. Chiefly British. a variant of philter.

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philtre British  

/ ˈfɪltə /

noun

1. a drink supposed to arouse love, desire, etc

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Etymology

Origin of philtre

C16: from Latin philtrum, from Greek philtron love potion, from philos loving

Example Sentences

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philtre philtred

In the evening the Khan's mother returned with several women, bent on getting the "love philtre."

From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

Then, as he slept, Pallas Athene came and stood by his side, and cheered him with her brave words, and gave him a philtre which should tame the wild Pegasos.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)

In her joy and relief that the ordeal was over and the philtre gained, she knew no doubt, no suspicion.

From The Man in Black by Weyman, Stanley John

For this Isabelle received a substantial price, seventy livres parisis, and was given a similar order for a philtre to recover the affections of the Count de la Marche for his wife Blanche.

From Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) by Butler, Pierce

Who shall withstand the philtre Endora of Hecate brews?

From Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus by Short, Richard

I could not gaze into his sorrowful eyes, and not see in them “Love’s philtred euphrasy.”

From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston