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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Cf. F.

élixation

A seething; digestion.

[Obs.]

Burton.

Noun.

[L. elixus, from elixio, to boil, to moisten or macerate, from lixo, lix.]

The act of boiling or stewing; also, concoction in the stomach; digestion.

In pharmacy, the extraction of the virtues of ingredients by boiling or stewing; also, lixiviation.