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noun
a potion or charm believed to make a person fall in love
In the old tale, the jealous courtier secretly prepared a love-philter.
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love-philters
Etymology
A compound of love and philter. Philter came through French and Latin from Greek philtron, 'love charm,' related to philein, 'to love.' Philtre is the usual British spelling of the second element.