ELIXIR

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A tincture with more than one base; a compound tincture or medicine, composed of various substances, held in solution by alcohol in some form.

2.
n.

An imaginary liquor capable of transmuting metals into gold; also, one for producing life indefinitely; as, elixir vitæ, or the elixir of life.

3.
n.

The refined spirit; the quintessence. The . . . elixir of worldly delights. South.

4.
n.

Any cordial or substance which invigorates. The grand elixir, to support the spirits of human nature. Addison.


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