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Definition of Alchemistic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to alchemists.

Definition of Alchemistic

1. a. Relating to or practicing alchemy.

Definition of Alchemistic

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to alchemists. ¹

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Definition of Alchemistic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Alchemistic

1. 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. "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) Origin: OF. Alkemie, arquemie, F. Alchimie, Ar. Al-kimia, 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. Geotan, to pour, and so to E. Fuse. (04 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Alchemistic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Chemistry from Earliest Times to the Present Day Being Also an by Ernst von Meyer (1906)
"As already mentioned, the alchemistic ideas, with the transmutation of metals as their leading principle, have been proved to have originated and to have ..."

2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"The fantastic elements were drawn from romances of knighthood and travel, and from cycles of alchemistic legend, and were designed to arouse interest in the ..."

3. Graeco-Roman Memoirs by Egypt Exploration Society (1903)
"alchemistic FRAGMENT. 12-3x8-1 cm. About AD IOO. The subject of this fragment is some process in which silver seems to have been the principal element, ..."

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