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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"

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"

Miraculous power of transmuting something common into something precious.

Miraculous power of transmuting something common into something precious.

The crude chemistry of the Middle Ages; the professed art of transmuting or changing the baser metals into gold.

Ancient supposed science of transforming an ordinary metal into gold; also treating of the discovery of Elixir of Life.

Alchemical.

The fancied art of changing base metals into gold.

The medieval chemistry that sought the transmutation of base metals into gold, the elixir of life, etc.

Chemistry as originally practised, and often prosecuted to vain ends, such as the discovery of the philosopher's stone and the elixir of life.

The professed art of changing the other metals into gold; the art that professed to find a universal remedy and other impossible things.

The crude beginnings of chemistry in the Middle Ages. Much occupied with seeking the elixir of eternal life and the transmutation of metals into gold. [Arab.]

n. [Arabic] Occult chemistry; an ancient science which aimed to transmute the baser metals into gold, and to find the panacea, or universal solvent.