Physicking

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Physic \Phys"ic\ (f[i^]z"[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Physiced}
     (f[i^]z"[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Physicking}
     (f[i^]z"[i^]k*[i^]ng).]
     1. To treat with physic or medicine; to administer medicine
        to, esp. a cathartic; to operate on as a cathartic; to
        purge.


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     2. To work on as a remedy; to heal; to cure.
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              The labor we delight in physics pain. --Shak.
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              A mind diseased no remedy can physic. --Byron.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Physicking \Phys"ick*ing\,
     p. pr. & vb. n. fr. {Physic}, v. t.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  physic
       n : a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
           [syn: {purgative}, {cathartic}, {aperient}]
       [also: {physicking}, {physicked}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  physicking
       See {physic}