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Definition of: elixir
(i·lik′sər) noun
1. A sweetened alcoholic medicinal preparation; a cordial; formerly a compound tincture.
2. An imaginary liquid or soluble substance by means of which alchemists once hoped to change base metals into gold.
3. An imaginary cordial supposed to be capable of sustaining life indefinitely: also Obs. elixir vi·tae (vī′tē).
4. The essential principle; concentrated essence. [<Med. L <Arabic al-iksīr <Gk. xerion medicated powder <xeros dry]
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