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PHILTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does philter mean?
• PHILTER (noun)
The noun PHILTER has 1 sense:
1. a drink credited with magical power; can make the one who takes it love the one who gave it
Familiarity information: PHILTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A drink credited with magical power; can make the one who takes it love the one who gave it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
love-philter; love-philtre; love-potion; philter; philtre
Hypernyms ("philter" is a kind of...):
potion (a medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage)
Context examples
Tell me now, fairy as you are—can't you give me a charm, or a philter, or something of that sort, to make me a handsome man?
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Hagar, in a fine dramatic melody, promised both, and proceeded to call up the spirit who would bring the love philter.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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