ALCHEMIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alchemize mean? 

• ALCHEMIZE (verb)
  The verb ALCHEMIZE has 1 sense:

1. alter (elements) by alchemy

  Familiarity information: ALCHEMIZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALCHEMIZE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Alter (elements) by alchemy

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

alchemise; alchemize

Hypernyms (to "alchemize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

alchemy (a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times)