epotation

E1P3O1T1A1T1I1O1N1

noun

A drinking up; a quaffing.

OriginLatin epotare →
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Meanings

nounepotation (plural epotations)

plural epotations

  1. obsoleterareA drinking up; a quaffing.

    When the sword and fire rages, it is but man warring against man: when drunkenness reigns, the devil is at war with man, and the epotations of dumb liquor damn him.

    c. 1620, Owen Feltham, Resolves, Divine, Moral, and Political

Origin

  1. Latinepotare
  2. Englishepotation

From Latin epotare, epotatum (“to drink”), from e (“out”) + potare (“to drink”).

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APA

epotation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epotation

MLA

“epotation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epotation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “epotation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epotation.

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