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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

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Example Sentences

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philtre philtred

I really believe they have given you some philtre over in C----, which will not allow you to rest anywhere else.

From Under a Charm, Vol. I (of III) A Novel by E. Werner

Ah, in what philtre, wine, or spell, May we drown this our ancient foe, Destructive glutton, gorging well, Patient as the ants, and slow?

From The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker by Charles Baudelaire

It was also imagined that the tail of the wolf contained a hair, which acted as a love philtre and excited the tender passion.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. by Various

A philtre to make your sweetheart love you?

From Drolls From Shadowland by J. H. (Joseph Henry) Pearce

Then follows a melodramatic incantation as the sorcerer deposits the philtre into a gigantic teapot.

From The Secrets of a Savoyard by Henry A. Lytton

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

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