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Nepenthe \Ne*pen"the\, n. [Fr. Gr. ? removing all sorrow; hence,
an epithet of an Egyptian drug which lulled sorrow for the
day; ? not ? sorrow, grief.]
A drug used by the ancients to give relief from pain and
sorrow; -- by some supposed to have been opium or hasheesh.
Hence, anything soothing and comforting.
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Lulled with the sweet nepenthe of a court. --Pope.
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Quaff, O quaff this kind nepenthe. --Poe.
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