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

Would it be better, for example, if a love philter was introduced for consistency's sake?

From Shakespeare Study Programs; The Comedies by Porter, Charlotte Endymion

She hastens to the Friar who married them, and he gives her the philter, which she accepts joyfully and carries home in her bosom.

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

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