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potation

[ poh-tey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act of drinking.
  2. a drink or draft, especially of an alcoholic beverage.


potation

/ 辫蓹蕣藞迟别瑟蕛蓹苍 /

noun

  1. the act of drinking
  2. a drink or draught, esp of alcoholic drink
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of potation1

1400鈥50; late Middle English potacion < Latin 辫艒迟腻迟颈艒苍- (stem of 辫艒迟腻迟颈艒 ) a drinking, equivalent to 辫艒迟腻迟 ( us ) (past participle of 辫艒迟腻谤别 to drink) + -颈艒苍- -ion
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of potation1

C15: from Latin 辫艒迟腻迟颈艒 a drinking, from 辫艒迟腻谤别 to drink
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Since the complex was refurbished, tourism has increased ninefold, drawing people to its pools and potations while also creating an ancillary industry of high-end hotels and candle shops.

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There, Chinese migrant workers would 鈥渃ongregate every night indulging in potations of much chow and a little harmless gambling.鈥

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Altogether the legend of 'monks,' 'port wine and prejudice,' 'dull and deep potations,' and all the rest of it, still damages Dons in the eyes of the general public.

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This unfortunate lady, as Sir Gardner conjectures, after indulging in potations deep of the renowned Egyptian wine, had been suddenly overtaken by the consequences, and had called for assistance too late.

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Five of the number resolved, and were barely persuaded not to commit suicide, so maddened were they by their potations.

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