philter

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  1. noun A love potion.
  2. noun A magic potion or charm.
  3. transitive verb To enchant with or as if with a philter.

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  • It seems to me that if the philter were here, it would be purifying water, and making an oasis or something. —  Geis of the Gargoyle
  • The philter was here among the ruins-if he could just find it. —  Geis of the Gargoyle
  • He saw the city before it was in ruins, and he said the philter was there. —  Geis of the Gargoyle
  • But by the end of the day they knew two things: they had not gotten even a glimmer of the philter, and they were ravenous. —  Geis of the Gargoyle
  • "Do you really think so More likely the train carried people to wherever the philter was," Hiatus said. —  Geis of the Gargoyle
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  1. French philtre, from Old French, from Latin philtrum, from Greek philtron, from philein, to love, from philos, beloved, loving.
 

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