alchemist

Definitions

1. One who practices alchemy.
2. One who blends material or substances in the nature or supposed nature of alchemy.

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Examples

“[K]nowledge of philtres, aphrodisiacs, and other sexual stimulants spread⟳ from the Arabs and the Moors, from Egypt and India into the European herbals, pharmacopeias, and apothecaries’ lore, and, on a more indeterminate level, among alchemists, wizards, and occultists.”

“Years later, scientists learned that the sun’s light⟳—visible and invisible—is merely the by-product of a process⟳ alchemists had vainly tried to reproduce⟳ for centuries—the transmutation of one element into another. That nature accomplishes this before our very eyes, and that it is what creates the solar heat and light⟳ that supports all life, was suspected by no one. The revelation came as a complete⟳ surprise⟳.”

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