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potion

SayPOH-shuhnUS/ˈpoʊ.ʃən/UK/pəʊ.ʃən/

Pluralpotions

Verbpotions, potioning, potioned

2 meanings of potion

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  1. 1
    nouncountable
    A small drink of liquid meant to heal, poison, or do magic.

    Like a tiny bottle of medicine, except it might also work magic.

    The wizard gave the knight a potion to heal his wounds.

    She mixed a strange potion that smelled like crushed flowers.

    Similarbrew, elixir, concoction, mixture, tonic

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  2. 2
    verbobsoletetransitive
    To secretly give someone a drink that drugs them.
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Origin

It came through Old French from Latin pōtiō, meaning "a drinking," from pōtāre, "to drink."