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1. (n.) elixir
a sweetened aromatic solution of alcohol and water containing or used as a vehicle for medicinal substances.
2. elixir
Also called elixir of life. an alchemic preparation believed capable of prolonging life indefinitely.
3. elixir
an alchemic preparation believed to be capable of transmuting base metals into gold.
Etymology: (1350–1400; < ML < Ar al iksīr alchemical preparation < LGk xērion drying powder (for wounds), der. of Gk xērós dry)
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1. (noun) elixir
a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste
2. (noun) philosopher's stone, philosophers' stone, elixir
hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold
3. (noun) elixir
a substance believed to cure all ills
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1. (noun) elixir
a tincture with more than one base; a compound tincture or medicine, composed of various substances, held in solution by alcohol in some form
2. (noun) elixir
an imaginary liquor capable of transmuting metals into gold; also, one for producing life indefinitely; as, elixir vitae, or the elixir of life
3. (noun) elixir
the refined spirit; the quintessence
4. (noun) elixir
any cordial or substance which invigorates
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Sense: a liquid that would supposedly make people able to go on living for ever, or a substance that would turn the cheaper metals into gold
the elixir of life.
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 Afrikaans: hartversterker, afkooksel |
 Arabic: إكْسير الحَياه |
 Bulgarian: еликсир |
 Brazilian: elixir |
 Czech: elixír |
 German: das Elixier |
 Danish: eliksir; mirakelmedicin |
 Greek: ελιξήριο |
 Spanish: elixir |
 Estonian: eliksiir |
 Farsi: اکسیر |
 Finnish: eliksiiri |
 French: élixir |
 Hebrew: סָם חַיִים |
 Hindi: अमृत |
 Croatian: čudotvoran napitak, eliks |
 Hungarian: varázsital |
 Indonesian: ramuan gaib, obat mujarab |
 Icelandic: elixír, gullgerðarefni |
 Italian: elisir |
 Japanese: 錬金薬 |
 Korean: 연금약제, 만능약 |
 Lithuanian: eliksyras |
 Latvian: eliksīrs |
 Malay: ramuan ajaib |
 Dutch: elixer |
 Norwegian: eliksir |
 Polish: eliksir |
 Persian: اکسیر |
 Pashto: اكسير، (طب) دقوت شربت، دا |
 Portuguese: elixir |
 Romanian: elixir |
 Russian: эликсир |
 Slovak: elixír |
 Slovenian: čarobni napitek |
 Serbian: eliksir |
 Swedish: elixir |
 Thai: ยาอายุวัฒนะ |
 Turkish: iksir |
 Taiwanese: 長生不老藥；靈丹妙藥 |
 Ukrainian: еліксир життя |
 Urdu: اکسیر |
 Vietnamese: thuốc tiên; thuật giả kim |
 Chinese: 长生不老药，灵丹妙药 |
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