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noun
A kind of potion, charm, or drug; especially a love potion intended to make the drinker fall in love with the giver.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To impregnate or mix with a love potion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To charm to love; to excite to love or sexual desire by a potion.
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noun
a drink credited with magical power; can make the one who takes it love the one who gave it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: philtre, love-potion, love-philter, love-philtre
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: potion
History
From Middle French philtre, from Ancient Greek φίλτρον (phíltron), from φιλέω (philéō, “to love”). Doublet of philtrum.
Across languages
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
