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Elixir
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. 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. An imaginary liquor capable of transmuting metals into gold; also, one for producing life indefinitely; as, elixir vitæ, or the elixir of life.
3. The refined spirit; the quintessence. The . . . elixir of worldly delights. South.
4. Any cordial or substance which invigorates. The grand elixir, to support the spirits of human nature. Addison.