philter

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

PHIL'TER, noun [Latin philtra; Gr. to love.] 1. A potion intended or adapted to excite love. 2. A charm to excite love. PHIL'TER, verb transitive To impregnate with a love-potion; as, to philter a draught. 1. To charm to love; to excite to love or animal desire by a potion.
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