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physic |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Physic \Phys"ic\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Physiced}; p. pr & vb n. {Physicking}.] 1. To treat with physic or medicine; to administer medicine to esp. a cathartic; to operate on as a cathartic; to purge. 2. To work on as a remedy; to heal; to cure. The labor we delight in physics pain. --Shak. A mind diseased no remedy can physic. --Byron. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Physic \Phys"ic\, n. [OE. phisike fisike OF phisique, F. physique knowledge of nature, physics, L. physica, physice, fr Gr ?, fr fysiko`s natural, from fy`sis nature, fr ? to produce, grow, akin to E. be See {Be}, and cf {Physics}, {Physique}.] 1. The art of healing diseases; the science of medicine; the theory or practice of medicine. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: physic n : a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels [syn: {purgative}, {cathartic}, {laxative}, {aperient}]
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