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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Physic \Phys"ic\ (f[i^]z"[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Physiced}
(f[i^]z"[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Physicking}
(f[i^]z"[i^]k*[i^]ng).]
1. To treat with physic or medicine; to administer medicine
to, esp. a cathartic; to operate on as a cathartic; to
purge.
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2. To work on as a remedy; to heal; to cure.
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The labor we delight in physics pain. --Shak.
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A mind diseased no remedy can physic. --Byron.
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