About The Word Alchemy
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Alchemy
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What's The Definition Of Alchemy?
[n] a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times
[n] the way two individuals relate to each other; "their chemistry was wrong from the beginning -- they hated each other"; "a mysterious alchemy brought them together" Synonyms | Synonyms for Alchemy: chemistry | interpersonal chemistry Related Terms | Find terms related to Alchemy: about-face | assimilation | assumption | becoming | bewitchery | change | change-over | charm | conversion | divination | enchantment | fetishism | flip-flop | glamour | gramarye | growth | hoodoo | juju | jujuism | lapse | magic | natural magic | naturalization | necromancy | obeah | passage | progress | reconversion | reduction | re-formation | resolution | reversal | rune | shamanism | shift | sorcery | sortilege | spell | spellbinding | spellcasting | switch | switch-over | sympathetic magic | thaumaturgia | thaumaturgics | thaumaturgism | thaumaturgy | theurgy | transformation | transit | transition | turning into | vampirism | volte-face | voodoo | voodooism | wanga | white magic | witchcraft | witchery | witchwork | wizardry See Also | pseudoscience | social relation Alchemy In Webster's Dictionary \Al"che*my\, n. [OF. alkemie, arquemie, F. alchimie, Ar.
al-k[=i]m[=i]a, fr. late Gr. ?, for ?, a mingling, infusion,
? juice, liquid, especially as extracted from plants, fr. ?
to pour; for chemistry was originally the art of extracting
the juices from plants for medicinal purposes. Cf. Sp.
alquimia, It. alchimia. Gr. ? is prob. akin to L. fundere to
pour, Goth. guitan, AS. ge['o]tan, to pour, and so to E.
fuse. See {Fuse}, and cf. {Chemistry}.]
1. An imaginary art which aimed to transmute the baser metals
into gold, to find the panacea, or universal remedy for
diseases, etc. It led the way to modern chemistry.
2. A mixed metal composed mainly of brass, formerly used for
various utensils; hence, a trumpet. [Obs.]
Put to their mouths the sounding alchemy. --Milton.
3. Miraculous power of transmuting something common into
something precious.
Kissing with golden face the meadows green, Gilding
pale streams with heavenly alchemy. --Shak.
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