potion

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Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
10
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈpəʊ.ʃən/
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/ˈpəʊ.ʃən/ · /ˈpoʊ.ʃən/ · /poːʃən/

Definition of potion

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical.
    “He hoped to win the princess's heart by mixing the love potion the witch gave him into her drink.”
    “Everything changed when I found this potion that gives me a huge speed boost whenever I drink it.”
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noun

  1. A small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical.
    “He hoped to win the princess's heart by mixing the love potion the witch gave him into her drink.”
    “Everything changed when I found this potion that gives me a huge speed boost whenever I drink it.”

verb

  1. (obsolete, transitive)To drug (someone).
    “[T]he yong L. Roger Mortimer, […] hauing corrupted his Keepers, or (as ſome others vvrite) hauing potioned them vvith a ſleepy drinke, eſcaped out of the Tovver of London, getting ouer clearely vvithout any empeachment into France.”

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Etymology

From Middle English pocioun, borrowed from Old French pocion, from Latin pōtiō (“a drinking”), pōtiōnis, from pōtāre (“to drink”). Doublet of poison.

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