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Definition of Potation
1. Noun. A serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg. "They served beer on draft"
Specialized synonyms: Quaff
Generic synonyms: Drink
Derivative terms: Tipple
2. Noun. The act of drinking (especially an alcoholic drink).
Definition of Potation
1. n. The act of drinking.
Definition of Potation
1. Noun. (context: often plural) The act of drinking. ¹
2. Noun. A drink, especially of an alcoholic beverage. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Potation
1. the act of drinking [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Potation
| potation (current term) potations potato potato-masher potato bean potato beetle potato beetles potato blight potato bread potato bug | potato bugs potato cake potato chaser potato chasers potato chip |
Literary usage of Potation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"Potate (American), signifying to drink; an abbreviation from potation, as the
kindred but more permissible vulgarism orate, from oration. ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"... symposium viae causa, "acom- potation before setting out on a journey," he
traces it to Fr. ... potation ..."
3. A Popular cyclopedia of modern domestic medicine: Comprising Every Recent by Keith Imray (1849)
"... but in some case dropsy, the object for which the remedy is taken would be d
if the blood-vessels were kept full of water by large potation MIXTURES, ..."
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