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

She often finds in religion a curious philter, both a sedative and a stimulant.

From The Intelligence of Woman by George, Walter Lionel

I am absolutely in love; when she looks at me, when I touch her hand, when her dress rustles against me, I feel, as it were, a philter running through my veins.

From Led Astray and The Sphinx Two Novellas In One Volume by Feuillet, Octave

"Our betrothal," he answered, dreamily, as one who has set his lips to a philter.

From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Robins, Elizabeth

And a powder made of the light-coloured tubercle formed the main ingredient, said my cousin, in the love philter; while a powder made of the dark-coloured one excited, it was held, only antipathy and dislike.

From My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. by Miller, Hugh