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Webster 1913 Edition


Amatory

Am′a-to-ry

,
Adj.
Pertaining to, producing, or expressing, sexual love;
as,
amatory
potions
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Amatory

AM'ATORY

,
Adj.
[L. amatorius, from amo, to love.]
1.
Relating to love; as, amatorial verses; causing love; as, amatory potions; produced by sexual intercourse; as, amatorial progeny.
2.
In anatomy, a term applied to the oblique muscles of the eye, from their use in ogling.