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

Persis went to the vast sideboard, and, while Crofts fussed about her, handing her the shaker, the ice, and bottle after bottle, she prepared the cup as if it were a mystic philter of love.

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

The philter; it was clear, had been given him, and he was now under its influence.

From The Star-Chamber, Volume 2 An Historical Romance by Ainsworth, William Harrison

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

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