Definition of: alchemy

(al′kə·mē) noun
1. An ancient quasi-magical art through which practitioners sought a formula to cure any disease, confer eternal youth, and transmute base metals into gold.
2. Any cunning, mysterious, or preternatural process of changing the structure or appearance of things. [< OF alkemie < Med. L alchimia < Arabic alkīmiyā < L Gk. chēmeia transmutation of metals, later prob. confused with chymeia pouring, infusion < cheein pour]
—al·chem·ic (al·kem′ik) adjective
—al·chem′i·cal·ly adverb

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