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

Thy look containeth both the dawn and sunset stars, Thy perfumes, as upon a sultry night exhale, Thy kiss a philter, and thy mouth a Grecian vase, That renders heroes cowardly and infants hale.

From The Flowers of Evil by Baudelaire, Charles

But in the next act, just before she drinks the philter alone in her chamber, she oversteps the modesty of nature.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 by Various

There is a dish for you, a philter wherewith to woo the appetite!

From Europe After 8:15 by Benton, Thomas H.

And guessing that the philter was poison, and fearing to awaken the Queen's suspicions, you feigned readiness to accept the mission of death?

From The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by Sue, Eug?ne