physic

Definitions


[ˈfɪzɪk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- medicinal drugs
(e.g: his servant's venture into selling physic)


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French fisique ‘medicine’, from Latin physica, from Greek phusikē (epistēmē) ‘(knowledge) of nature’


[ˈfɪzɪk], (Verb)

Definitions:
- treat with a medicine
(e.g: he told Mrs Webb he had physicked himself)


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French fisique ‘medicine’, from Latin physica, from Greek phusikē (epistēmē) ‘(knowledge) of nature’




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