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alchemy |’alkmi | noun [ mass noun ] the medieval forerunner of chemistry, concerned with the transmutation of matter, in particular with attempts to convert base metals into gold or find a universal elixir.

• a seemingly magical process of transformation, creation, or combination: finding the person who's right for you requires a very subtle alchemy.

DERIVATIVESv alchemic |alˈkɛmɪk|adjective, alchemical |alˈkɛmɪk(ə)l|adjective, alchemist noun, alchemize (also alchemise )verb

ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French and medieval Latin from Arabic al-kīmiyā', from al ‘the’ + kīmiyā' (from Greek khēmia, khēmeia ‘art of transmuting metals’).

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