Since the word Potation is both defined as a drink (usually something alcoholic) and the act of drinking (again usually something alcoholic) it can be used in a sentence of of two ways:
I wish to abstain from potation.
or
After a long nap he again raised his head, imbibed another potation of the "sweet and strong," flashed up with another slight blaze of French gayety, and again fell asleep.
-The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington