Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Physic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Physic \Phys"ic\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Physiced}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {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. --Shak.
A mind diseased no remedy can physic. --Byron.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Physic \Phys"ic\, n. [OE. phisike, fisike, OF. phisique, F.
physique knowledge of nature, physics, L. physica, physice,
fr. Gr. ?, fr. fysiko`s natural, from fy`sis nature, fr. ? to
produce, grow, akin to E. be. See {Be}, and cf. {Physics},
{Physique}.]
1. The art of healing diseases; the science of medicine; the
theory or practice of medicine.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
physic
n : a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
[syn: {purgative}, {cathartic}, {aperient}]
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