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Philter

noun
(Written also philtre)
1.
A drink credited with magical power; can make the one who takes it love the one who gave it.  Synonyms: love-philter, love-philtre, love-potion, philtre.






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"Philter" Quotes from Famous Books



... Love himself was recovered from his wound, and he had secretly fled from his chamber to seek out and rescue Psyche. He found her lying by the wayside; he gathered into the casket what remained of the philter, and ...
— Good Stories For Great Holidays - Arranged for Story-Telling and Reading Aloud and for the - Children's Own Reading • Frances Jenkins Olcott

... we are alone, we had better have an explanation. I don't know by what philter or incantation you have obtained such prodigious influence over my betrothed; but I know that I love her, that I have been loved by her more than four years, and that I will not stop at any means of retaining ...
— The Man With The Broken Ear • Edmond About



Words linked to "Philter" :   philtre, potion



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