Crossword clues for potion
potion
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Potion \Po"tion\, n. [L. potio, from potare to drink: cf. F.
potion. See Poison.]
A draught; a dose; usually, a draught or dose of a liquid
medicine.
--Shak.
Potion \Po"tion\, v. t.
To drug. [Obs.]
--Speed.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1300, pocioun "medicinal drink," from Old French pocion "potion, draught, medicine" (12c.), from Latin potionem (nominative potio) "a potion, a drinking," also "poisonous draught, magic potion," from potus, irregular past participle of potare "to drink," from PIE root *po(i)- "to drink" (cognates: Sanskrit pati "drinks," panam "beverage;" Greek pinein "to drink," poton "that which one drinks," potos "drinking bout;" Old Church Slavonic piti "to drink," pivo "beverage"). Potus as a past participle adjective in Latin meant "drunken."
Wiktionary
n. A small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical. vb. (context obsolete English) To drug.
WordNet
n. a medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage
Wikipedia
A potion (from Latin potio "drink") is a magical medicine, drug or poison in liquid form.
In mythology and literature, a potion is usually made by a magician, dragon, fairy or witch and has magical properties. It is used for various motives including the healing, bewitching or poisoning of people. For example, love potions for those who wish to fall in love (or become deeply infatuated) with another; sleeping potions to cause long-term or eternal sleep (in folklore, this can range from the normal REM sleep to a deathlike coma); and elixirs to heal/cure any wound/malady.
Creation of potions of different kinds was a common practice of alchemy, and was commonly associated with witchcraft, as in The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare.
During the 19th century, it was common in certain countries to see wandering charlatans offering curative potions. These were eventually dismissed as quackery.
In modern fantasy, potions are often portrayed as spells in liquid form, capable of causing a variety of effects, including healing, amnesia, infatuation, transformation, invisibility, and invulnerability.
A potion is a magical medicine, drug or poison in liquid form.
Potion or Potions or Magic Potion may also refer to:
- Potions (album), a 2011 indie/Americana album by Gerard Starkie
- " The Potion", a 2005 rap single by Ludacris
- Magic Potion (album), a 2006 garage rock/blues rock album by the Black Keys
Usage examples of "potion".
I gathered up a few things from around my apartment, including the antivenom potions Bob had helped me with.
In answer, I fished one of the antivenom potions from my pocket, popped the top, and slugged it down.
I fished one of the antivenom potions from my pocket, popped the top, and slugged it down.
I dump my cloak and bag on the floor among the astrolabes, charts, test tubes, herbs, potions and books that form the standard paraphernalia of a working Sorcerer.
Hermione had taken the boomslang skin back in their second year - they had needed it for the Polyjuice Potion - and while Snape had suspected Harry at the time, he had never been able to prove it.
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These vital distractions occurred at the height of the magical duel between Flax and Skarn, who had come to steal a potion from the wizard.
When Locusta said the potion was ready, Nero hurried out to fetch a kid that he had tethered inside his bedroom and led the animal in.
Chapter 8 In which fortune seems to have been in a better humour with Jones than we have hitherto seen her As there is no wholesomer, so perhaps there are few stronger, sleeping potions than fatigue.
Brutus was put into his bed and briskly dosed with a soporific herbal potion, Servilia put on a cloak and went to visit Fabricius the pearl merchant in the Porticus Margaritaria.
After a semisenseless and wandering Brutus was put into his bed and briskly dosed with a soporific herbal potion, Servilia put on a cloak and went to visit Fabricius the pearl merchant in the Porticus Margaritaria.
Watching him, Prew seemed to see him change subtly into a totally different man, as if he had drunk the magic potion and was pulling a Jekyll and Hyde.
Thus prioritized, I checked my notes, and started putting together a couple of potions that would offer me a few hours of protection from the narcotic venom of the Red Court.
There were arts for avoiding this rennet of hare and suchlike potions.
The more Harry pored over the book, the more he realized how much was in there, not only the handy hints and shortcuts on potions that was earning him such a glowing reputation with Slughorn, but also the imaginative little jinxes and hexes scribbled in the margins, which Harry was sure, judging by the crossings-out and revisions, that the Prince had invented himself.