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 night was dark, the sentinels of the castle benumbed with a philter, the ladder already clung close to the window, and the champing steeds were pawing the ground not very far away.

From The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel by Palacio Vald?s, Armando

"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

They were as oblivious of their peril as Tristan and Isolde in the spell of the love philter.

From What Will People Say? A novel by Hughes, Rupert

The name of Phil is a philter to me.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 110, December, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics by Various