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ALCHEMIST: One Who Studies or
practices Alchemy.
ALCHEMIZE:
To Change by Alchemy
ALCHEMY:
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.
A general power or process of transforming something common into something precious.
The predecessor of chemistry, practiced from as early as 500 B.C.. Modern Chemistry
Biology, Physics, and other sciences grew out of Alchemy by gradual stages.
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