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Definition of: alembic
(ə·lem′bik) noun
1. An apparatus of glass or metal formerly used in distilling.
2. Anything that tests, purifies, or transforms. [ < OF alambic < L alambicus < Arabic al-anbīq the still < Gk. ambix a cup]
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