Thesaurus: elixir

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1. n. 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. n. An imaginary liquor capable of transmuting metals into gold; also, one for producing life indefinitely; as, elixir vitae, or the elixir of life.
3. n. The refined spirit; the quintessence.
4. n. Any cordial or substance which invigorates.
5. n. 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
6. n. hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold
7. n. a substance believed to cure all ills
8. 1. (Med.) 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. (Alchemy) An imaginary liquor capable of transmuting metals into gold; also, one for producing life indefinitely; as, elixir vitæ, or the elixir of life. 3. The refined spirit; the quintessence. The . . . elixir of worldly delights. South. 4. Any cordial or substance which invigorates. The grand elixir, to support the spirits of human nature. Addison.
9. A tincture with more than one base; a compound tincture ormedicine, composed of various substances, held in solution by alcoholin some form.
10. n:100 n. 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 n. a substance believed to cure all ills