Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - alchemy
Alchemy
alchemy
n. (pl. -ies) 1 the medieval forerunner of chemistry, esp. seeking to turn base metals into gold or silver. 2 a miraculous transformation or the means of achieving this. Derivatives alchemic adj. alchemical adj. alchemist n. alchemize v.tr. (also -ise). Etymology: ME f. OF alkemie, alkamie f. med.L alchimia, -emia, f. Arab. alkimiya' f. al the + kimiya' f. Gk khemia, -meia art of transmuting metals
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noun Etymology: Middle English alkamie, alquemie, from Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French alkimie, from Medieval Latin alchymia, from Arabic al-kīmiyā', from al the + kīmiyā' ~, from Late Greek chēmeia Date: 14th century a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life, a power or process of transforming something common into something special, an inexplicable or mysterious transmuting, alchemical also alchemic adjective alchemically adverb ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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