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potioning

potioning is the present participle and gerund of potion.

Meaning of potion

Verb

potion (third-person singular simple present potions, present participle potioning, simple past and past participle potioned)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To drug (someone).
    • [T]he yong L. Roger Mortimer, […] hauing corrupted his Keepers, or (as ſome others vvrite) hauing potioned them vvith a ſleepy drinke, eſcaped out of the Tovver of London, getting ouer clearely vvithout any empeachment into France.1611, Iohn Speed [i.e., John Speed], “Edward the Second, […]”, in The History of Great Britaine under the Conquests of yͤ Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. […], London: […] William Hall and John...

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Questions about potioning

What is potioning the present participle and gerund of?
Potioning is the present participle and gerund of potion.

Words near potioning in the dictionary

  1. potioned
  2. potioneer
  3. potioneers
  4. potioner
  5. potioners
  6. potioning
  7. potionmaker
  8. potionmakers
  9. potionmaster
  10. potionmasters
  11. potions

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Adapted from Wiktionary: potioning (page history and authors); potion (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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