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potion

[ poh-shuhn ]

noun

  1. a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:

    a love potion; a sleeping potion.

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potion

/ ˈ±èəʊʃə²Ô /

noun

  1. a drink, esp of medicine, poison, or some supposedly magic beverage
  2. a rare word for beverage
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of potion1

1300–50; Middle English pocion < Latin ±èųپ±Å²Ô- (stem of ±èųپ±Å ) a drinking, equivalent to ±èų٠( us ), variant of ±èųÙÄtus, past participle of ±èųÙÄre to drink + -¾±Å²Ô- -ion; replacing Middle English pocioun < Anglo-French < Latin, as above
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of potion1

C13: via Old French from Latin ±èųپ±Å a drink, especially a poisonous one, from ±èųÙÄre to drink
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Scripture and natal charts existed in tandem, along with palm-reading diagrams, recipes for potions and instructions for alchemical reactions.

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“I don’t think there’s a magic potion or something. We’re all trying to do the same thing — win a World Series — and each game is one stepping stone toward that.â€

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“Death Becomes Her,†a musical comedy based on the zany 1992 film about two warring women who turn to a magical potion in their quests for eternal youth, will transfer to Broadway this fall.

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“We are fugitives. Or you could give us an invisibility potion like Chloe took after that embarrassing incident with the ghoul at the school dance. Did that really happen, Ms. DuForte?â€

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Women would terminate pregnancies in several different ways, such as ingesting herbs or medicinal potions that were thought to induce a miscarriage, Dr. Schoen said.

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