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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

I remained, half-hoping, half-afraid that the chords of the spinet would wake to the touch again, and the voice again ring out, sprinkling its melody through the room like so much perfume from a philtre.

From Lawrence Clavering by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason

It is like a Circean philtre of sweet sunbrewed wine, sparkling with rainbow bubbles and gleaming with the mockery of the deathless gods.

From Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations by John Cowper Powys

Give me a philtre to cool his love.'

From Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus by Richard Short

Upon re-entering Yemen, he, like Niebuhr, was robbed of his collections and baggage, upon the pretext that he collected animals, in order to compose a philtre, with the intention of poisoning the springs.

From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century by N. D'Anvers

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 Stanley John Weyman

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 Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr