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potation

[ poh-tey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act of drinking.
  2. a drink or draft, especially of an alcoholic beverage.


potation

/ ±èəʊˈ³Ù±ðɪʃə²Ô /

noun

  1. the act of drinking
  2. a drink or draught, esp of alcoholic drink
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of potation1

1400–50; late Middle English potacion < Latin ±èųÙÄå³Ù¾±Å²Ô- (stem of ±èųÙÄå³Ù¾±Å ) a drinking, equivalent to ±èųÙÄå³Ù ( us ) (past participle of ±èųÙÄå°ù±ð to drink) + -¾±Å²Ô- -ion
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of potation1

C15: from Latin ±èųÙÄå³Ù¾±Å a drinking, from ±èųÙÄå°ù±ð to drink
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Since the complex was refurbished, tourism has increased ninefold, drawing people to its pools and potations while also creating an ancillary industry of high-end hotels and candle shops.

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There, Chinese migrant workers would “congregate every night indulging in potations of much chow and a little harmless gambling.â€

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Altogether the legend of 'monks,' 'port wine and prejudice,' 'dull and deep potations,' and all the rest of it, still damages Dons in the eyes of the general public.

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This unfortunate lady, as Sir Gardner conjectures, after indulging in potations deep of the renowned Egyptian wine, had been suddenly overtaken by the consequences, and had called for assistance too late.

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Five of the number resolved, and were barely persuaded not to commit suicide, so maddened were they by their potations.

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