potation, potacyon

[Latin potatio, from poto =to drink.] 1. The act of drinking. 2. A drinking-bout. "After three or four hours of friendly potation We took leave." Cotton: De Monsieur Cotin. 3. A draught. ( Shakesp.: Othello, ii. 3.) 4. A beverage, a drink. "To forswear thin potations , and addict themselves to sack."-Shakesp.: Henry IV ., Pt . II ., iv. 3.