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Alchemic
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WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Alchemic
see synonyms of alchemicnoun plural -mies
1.
the pseudoscientific predecessor of chemistry that sought a method of transmuting base metals into gold, an elixir to prolong life indefinitely, a panacea or universal remedy, and an alkahest or universal solvent
2.
a power like that of alchemy
her beauty had a potent alchemy
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Alchemic
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1.
an early form of chemistry, with philosophic and magical associations, studied in the Middle Ages: its chief aims were to change base metals into gold and to discover the elixir of perpetual youth
2.
a power or process of changing one thing into another; esp., a seemingly miraculous power or process of changing a thing into something better
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Alchemic
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1. A medieval chemical philosophy having as its asserted aims the transmutation of base metals into gold, the discovery of the panacea, and the preparation of the elixir of longevity.
2. A seemingly magical power or process of transmuting: "He wondered by what alchemy it was changed, so that what sickened him one hour, maddened him with hunger the next" (Marjorie K. Rawlings).
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