philter
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Red Hugh fell afoul of a British agent who accomplished with a philter what could not be done by force.
From Time Magazine Archive
The way she tripped across the floor Was better than a philter.
From The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells
Dejanira, being jealous, anointed the robe with the philter she had received from Nessus.
From The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales by James Grant
"Did he ask you for some potion or philter?"
From Marguerite de Valois by Alexandre Dumas père
She often finds in religion a curious philter, both a sedative and a stimulant.
From The Intelligence of Woman by Walter Lionel George
So shocked was Byron that he complained that the book was filled with "the philtered ideas of a jaded voluptuary."
From Time Magazine Archive
These descriptions ought to have been written by Tiberius at Caprea—they are forced—the philtered ideas of a jaded voluptuary.
From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 by Rowland Edmund Prothero, Baron Ernle
