physic
adjEtymology
From Middle English phisik, from Latin physicus, from Ancient Greek φῠσῐκός (phŭsĭkós, “natural; physical”), from φύσις (phúsis, “origin, birth; nature, quality; form, shape; type, kind”), from φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō, “grow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to appear, become, rise up”).
Definitions
Relating to or concerning existent materials
Relating to or concerning existent materials; physical.
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, […]
- I ſhould not thinke it ſtrange, for 'tis a phyſicke / That's bitter, to ſweet end.
- Nor can thy shame give physic to my grief.
The art or profession of healing disease
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.
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Natural philosophy
Natural philosophy; physics.
A physician.
- Desire is death, which physic did except.
To cure or heal.
- Wouldſt thou not haue ſome Bulchin from the herd / To phyſicke thee of this venereall itch?
To administer medicine to, especially a purgative.
- I will physic your rankness […]
- When she had been a little girl - a very little girl - her mother had once cried at Anne in utter exasperation, "You're so contrary cheese'd physic ya!"
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Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at physic. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at physic. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at physic
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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