potation
Americannoun
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the act of drinking.
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a drink or draft, especially of an alcoholic beverage.
noun
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the act of drinking
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a drink or draught, esp of alcoholic drink
Etymology
Origin of potation
1400–50; late Middle English potacion < Latin pōtātiōn- (stem of pōtātiō ) a drinking, equivalent to pōtāt ( us ) (past participle of pōtāre to drink) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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A less quantity of potation of all kinds.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
The "Thumbo-rig" above might mean either a new potation or a new dance.
From Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas by Lever, Charles James
Debilitated people, who have been unfortunately accustomed to great ingurgitation of spirituous potation, frequently part with a great quantity of water during the night, but with not more than usual in the day-time.
From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
Everybody pledged the patriarch's health in the creamy potation except myself.
From The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) by Harland, Marion
Indeed, I know of no thin potation more truly refreshing before breakfast, than a cooling draught of cocoanut wai.
From Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia by Wise, H. A. (Henry Augustus)
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