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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What species o' sma' potation does he deal in?
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative by Various
Seizing a vile potation that was labelled “To be taken immediately,” and hurling it with demoniacal force right on the chops of the courageous Timothy, “Take that!” cried he with a rancorous yell.
From Japhet in Search of a Father by Frederick Marryat
A less quantity of potation of all kinds.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
"I am aware of that," replied her guest, "and, therefore, when in a public house, always pay for it the price of the stronger potation, which I cannot take."
From Fifty-Two Stories For Girls by Alfred H. (Alfred Henry) Miles
We tried to make a palatable potation from some of our milk chocolate, reserved for the higher work and labelled, “For eating only.”
From The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America by Hudson Stuck
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