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noun
Physic  n.  
1.
The art of healing diseases; the science of medicine; the theory or practice of medicine; an archaic term, superseded by medicine. (archaic) "A doctor of physik."
2.
A specific internal application for the cure or relief of sickness; a remedy for disease; a medicine.
3.
Specifically, a medicine that purges; a cathartic.
4.
A physician. (R.)
Physic nut (Bot.), a small tropical American euphorbiaceous tree (Jatropha Curcas), and its seeds, which are well flavored, but contain a drastic oil which renders them dangerous if eaten in large quantities.


verb
Physic  v. t.  (past & past part. physiced; pres. part. 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." "A mind diseased no remedy can physic."





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"Physic" Quotes from Famous Books



... "They'll come the thicker when they do come. Good-morning, Dr. Quackenboss!—I hope you're a going to give us something else besides a bow? and I won't take none of your physic, neither." ...
— Queechy • Susan Warner
... himself")—the summoner with his fiery face—the pardoner with his wallet "bretfull of pardons, come from Rome all hot"—the lively prioress with her courtly French lisp, her soft little red mouth, and "Amor vincit omnia" graven on her brooch. Learning is there in the portly person of the doctor of physic, rich with the profits of the pestilence—the busy serjeant-of-law, "that ever seemed busier than he was"—the hollow-cheeked clerk of Oxford with his love of books and short sharp sentences that disguise a latent tenderness which breaks out at last in the story of ...
— History of the English People, Volume II (of 8) - The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 • John Richard Green
... said the fellow, looking down, "that you have power on earth, however you came by it; you can do what nae other man can do, baith by physic and foresight; and the gold is shelled down when ye command, as fast as I have seen the ash-keys fall in a frosty morning in October. I will not ...
— The Black Dwarf • Sir Walter Scott
... wretched restless nights; and asked if I might take some of the composing medicine which he had given to my father. He forbade me to touch a drop of it. "What is physic for your father, you foolish child, is not physic for a young creature like you," he said. "Count a thousand, if you can't sleep to-night, or turn your pillow. I wish you pleasant dreams." He went away, amused at ...
— The Legacy of Cain • Wilkie Collins
... indigestion and constipation. Had to be constantly taking physic, and finally was compelled to resort to hot water injections regularly to move my bowels. This got to be a great drudge to me. I took treatment from the leading physicians of this part of the country for my stomach and bowel troubles, and spent over one hundred dollars in this way, but they ...
— The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English • R. V. Pierce


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