Sekirov Dictionary

physic

/ˈfɪz.ɪk/

noun 4
verb 2
adjective 1
forms 5

noun4

•
(no longer used) A medicine or drug, especially a cathartic or purgative.
- Harke yee Lords, you see I haue giuen her Phisicke, / And you must needs bestovv her Funerall, […] — 1588
•
(no longer used) The art or profession of healing disease; medicine.
- ...and thus draw out all the unwholesome Air and Stench, which does more harm than any Physick can repair. — 1743
•
(no longer used) A physician.
- Desire is death, which physic did except. — 1609
(no longer used) Natural philosophy; physics.

verb2

•
To administer medicine to, especially a purgative.
- I will physic your rankness […] — 1598
•
To cure or heal.
- Wouldst thou not haue some Bulchin from the herd / To physicke thee of this venereall itch? — 1637

adjective1

Relating to or concerning existent materials; physical.

forms

physicked · physicking · physics · more physic · most physic

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