Top Elixir Quotes
The alchemists of past centuries tried hard to make the elixir of life: ... Those efforts were in vain; it is not in our power to obtain the experiences and the views of the future by prolonging our l...
Hermann Franz Moritz Kopp
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Elixir Definition
(n.) A tincture with more than one base; a compound tincture or medicine, composed of various substances, held in solution by alcohol in some form.
(n.) An imaginary liquor capable of transmuting metals into gold; also, one for producing life indefinitely; as, elixir vitae, or the elixir of life.
(n.) The refined spirit; the quintessence.
(n.) Any cordial or substance which invigorates.