ELIXIR
\ɪlˈɪksə], \ɪlˈɪksə], \ɪ_l_ˈɪ_k_s_ə]\
Definitions of ELIXIR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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An imaginary liquor capable of transmuting metals into gold; also, one for producing life indefinitely; as, elixir vitae, or the elixir of life.
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The refined spirit; the quintessence.
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Any cordial or substance which invigorates.
By Oddity Software
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An imaginary liquor capable of transmuting metals into gold; also, one for producing life indefinitely; as, elixir vitae, or the elixir of life.
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The refined spirit; the quintessence.
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Any cordial or substance which invigorates.
By Noah Webster.
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A tincture, essence, or cordial; an imaginary liquid for prolonging life indefinitely, or for changing baser metals, such as iron, into gold.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
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A liquor once supposed to have the power of prolonging life or of transmuting metals: the quintessence of anything: a substance which invigorates: (med.) a compound tincture.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A tincture composed of two or more ingredients in solution; any cordial; a liquor for transmuting metals into gold; a liquor for prolonging life; quintessence; refined spirit; any cordial which invigorates. Elixir of vitriol, a mixture of sulphuric acid, rectified spirit, powdered ginger, and cinnamon in definite proportions.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A refined spirit; a cordial which invigorates; the quintessence of any substance; a supposed liquor for conferring immortality, sought after by the old alchemists.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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An elixir is a medicine composed of various substances held in solution in alcohol. The name has been used, however, for preparations which contain no spirit of wine.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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