physic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: physic	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for physic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
physic n a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels Synonym(s): purgative, cathartic, physic, aperient
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Physic \Phys"ic\, n. [OE. phisike, fisike, OF. phisique, F. physique knowledge of nature, physics, L. physica, physice, fr. Gr. [?], fr. fysiko`s natural, from fy`sis nature, fr. [?] to produce, grow, akin to E. be. See {Be}, and cf. {Physics}, {Physique}.] 1. The art of healing diseases; the science of medicine; the theory or practice of medicine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Physic \Phys"ic\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Physiced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Physicking}.] 1. To treat with physic or medicine; to administer medicine to, esp. a cathartic; to operate on as a cathartic; to purge. 2. To work on as a remedy; to heal; to cure. The labor we delight in physics pain. --Shak. A mind diseased no remedy can physic. --Byron.