Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - alchemy
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Alchemy was a form of chemistry studied in the Middle Ages, which was concerned with trying to discover ways to change ordinary metals into gold. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Middle English alkamie, alquemie, from Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French alkimie, from Medieval Latin alchymia, from Arabic al-kimiya', from al the + kimiya' ~, from Late Greek chemeia Date: 14th century 1. a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life 2. a power or process of transforming something common into something special 3. an inexplicable or mysterious transmuting • alchemical also alchemic adjective • alchemically adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. -ies) 1 the medieval forerunner of chemistry, esp. seeking to turn base metals into gold or silver. 2 a miraculous transformation or the means of achieving this. Derivatives alchemic adj. alchemical adj. alchemist n. alchemize v.tr. (also -ise). Etymology: ME f. OF alkemie, alkamie f. med.L alchimia, -emia, f. Arab. alkimiya' f. al the + kimiya' f. Gk khemia, -meia art of transmuting metals ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. алхимия 2. магическая сила (превращения, возрождения) the alchemy of spring —- колдовство весны; весеннее пробуждение природы ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 14c., from O.Fr. alkemie, from M.L. alkimia, from Ar. al-kimiya, from Gk. khemeioa, all meaning "alchemy," perhaps from an old name for Egypt (Khemia, lit. "land of black earth," found in Plutarch), or from Gk. khumatos "that which is poured out," from khein "to pour." Possibly a confusion of the two. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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