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alchemy ('aelkemi) NOUN, plural -mies.
1. the pseudoscientific predecessor of chemistry that sought a method of transmuting base metals into gold,
an elixir to prolong life indefinitely, a panacea or universal remedy, and an alkahest or universal solvent.
2. a power like that of alchemy: her beauty had a potent alchemy.
HISTORY C14 alkamye, via Old French from Medieval Latin alchimia, from Arabic al-kimiya', from al the
+ kimiya' transmutation, from Late Greek khemeia the art of transmutation *
* 'Collins English Dictionary', HarperCollins Publishers, ISBN 0-00-719752-7
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