- 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. Source: opted
- 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. Source: opted
- 3. n. The refined spirit; the quintessence. Source: opted
- 4. n. Any cordial or substance which invigorates. Source: opted
- 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 Source: wordnet
- 6. n. hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold Source: wordnet
- 7. n. a substance believed to cure all ills Source: wordnet
- 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. Source: webster
- 9. A tincture with more than one base; a compound tincture ormedicine, composed of various substances, held in solution by alcoholin some form. Source: adambom
- 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 Source: ecdict
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