alchemist
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- noun
- /ˈæl.kə.mɪst/
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alquimista
- You see, the end of Salem's cross is a special dagger made by a 17th century alchemist.
- a medieval alchemist
- a Renaissance alchemist
- an average alchemist
So we're getting better at becoming alchemists of reality to create arbitrary materials.
- So we're getting better at becoming alchemists of reality to create arbitrary materials.
- And when it was first held, it was held by people we now call alchemists.
- But you have to join in teams and there is one hunter and one alchemist and whoever wins will get fame and fortune and la di da di da.
Examples
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For centuries alchemists tried to make gold from base metals.
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A great alchemist discovered the antidote to the warlord's poison.
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The king is an alchemist.
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And were you serious when you said Lizzy's father was an alchemist?
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Now, a long time ago, people called "alchemists" believed that you could change base metals to precious metals.
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But that is a modern perspective on the alchemists of medieval and Renaissance Europe.
Academic text (2004) -
Despite efforts to turn lead into gold, your average sixteenth-century alchemist was probably more scientist than magician.
Academic text (2004) -
In desperation, I summoned an alchemist, but quickly dismissed him.
Fiction book (2001) -
The Khans of the Ilkanet spent considerable sums on alchemists who claimed to be able to produce gold or prolong life, much to the chagrin of the Ocanets viziers.
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For centuries, alchemists sought to transform base metals into gold through mysterious processes.
Synonyms
A person in old times who tried to turn lead into gold
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Alchemist comes from Arabic al-, meaning 'the', plus a word for the old art of changing metals, and it shares the same root as chemistry and chemist. Long ago an alchemist tried to turn common metals into gold or find a medicine for long life, so today the word means a person who practiced that search or tried to make a great change.