elixationn.
/iːlɪkˈseɪʃən//ɛlɪkˈseɪʃən/ 1. The action of boiling or stewing.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > action of boiling > [noun]
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1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke iii. 190 Elixation..is a concoction made by a moyst heate of a thing indifinitely existing in a humour.
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 113 Finally they serue to moysten the guts, that their concoction may be celebrated by elixation or boyling.
1758 J. Walker in Philos. Trans. 1757 (Royal Soc.) 50 122 After elixation the water became of a turbid yellow colour with ochre.
2. Concoction in the stomach; digestion.
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the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > [noun] > digestion
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concoction?1531
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1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. i. ii. v. 31 Elixation, is the boyling of meat in the stomacke, by the said naturall heat.
1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 96 The rest of the pouder, as it is not overcome by elixation, so it continues in a permanency of indigestion in the stomack.
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