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† ˈpotate, a. Obs. rare—1.
[ad. L. pōtātus. pa. pple. of pōtāre to drink: see -ate2.]
lit. Drunk: in quot. perh. = drinkable, liquid, liquefied.
Some take silver potate to be = quicksilver or mercury.
1610B. Jonson Alch. iii. ii, Eight, nine, ten dayes hence He will be siluer potate; then, three dayes, Before he citronise: some fifteene dayes, The Magisterium will be perfected. |