Potion
['pəʊʃ(ə)n] or ['poʃən]
Definition
(n.) A draught; a dose; usually, a draught or dose of a liquid medicine.
(v. t.) To drug.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Draught (especially of medicine), dose, drench, cup.
Checked by Kathy
Definition
n. a draught: a liquid medicine: a dose.
Editor: Lorna
Examples
- They, their Excellencies, met her eyes in each line, mingling an evil potion that poisoned her very blood. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Hugo demanded a potion to make Zara adore him, and one to destroy Roderigo. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- And she, subject, received him as a vessel filled with his bitter potion of death. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Which disables me from helping you by pill or potion. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Born of roses, fed on dew, Charms and potions canst thou brew? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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