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adj. - Related to or concerned with the medieval science and speculative philosophy whose aims were the transmutation of the base metals into gold

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  • I've seen Bogdanovich do this show twice before and can attest that it's a kind of alchemic happening in which, for 90-odd minutes, the
  • They evidently have thought that I had some kind of alchemic secret, like the philosopher's stone which was designed to turn the baser metals into gold.
  • Any overt act, above all, is felt to be alchemic in its power to change.
  • The Obama administration is turning its alchemic powers toward Palestine.
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