physicking

Variant of physic

physic definition

physic (fiz′ik)

noun

  1. physics
  2. Archaic the art or science of healing; medical science
  3. a medicine or remedy, esp. a laxative or cathartic

Etymology: ME fisike < OFr fisique < L physica, natural science (in ML, medicine) < Gr physikē < physis, nature < phyein, to produce, become: see be

transitive verb physicked -·icked, physicking -·ick·ing

  1. to dose with medicine, esp. with a cathartic
  2. to have a curative effect on; heal

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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