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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Physic

Phys'ic, n.

noun

(fĭz'ik), n. [See PHYSICS.] 1. The art of healing diseases; the theory or practice of medicine. It is a goodly art, a wholesome kind of exercise, and much commended in physic. Latimer.

  1. A specific internal application for the cure or relief of sickness; remedy for disease.
  2. In popular usage, a medicine that purges; a purge; a cathartic.

Phys'ic, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. PHYSICKED (fĭz'ikt); p. pr. & vb. n. PHYSICKING.]

  1. To treat with physic; to evacuate the bowels with a cathartic; to purge.
  2. To treat with remedies; to cure.