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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ne·pen·the /nəˈpɛn(t)θi/
 忘憂藥;解憂苦之物

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ne·pen·the n.  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.
    Lulled with the sweet nepenthe of a court.   --Pope.
    Quaff, O quaff this kind nepenthe.   --Poe.
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