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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024po•tion /ˈpoʊʃən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a drink having powers of medicine, poison, or magic:He drank a magic potion that changed him into a lizard.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024po•tion (pō′shən),USA pronunciation n. - a drink or draft, esp. one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:a love potion; a sleeping potion.
- Latin, as above
- Anglo-French
- Latin pōtiōn- (stem of pōtiō) a drinking, equivalent. to pōt(us), variant of pōtātus, past participle of pōtāre to drink + -iōn- -ion; replacing Middle English pocioun
- Middle English pocion 1300–50
elixir, brew, concoction, philter. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: potion /ˈpəʊʃən/ n - a drink, esp of medicine, poison, or some supposedly magic beverage
- a rare word for beverage
Etymology: 13th Century: via Old French from Latin pōtiō a drink, especially a poisonous one, from pōtāre to drink |