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elixes

elixes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of elix.

Meaning of elix

Verb

elix (third-person singular simple present elixes, present participle elixing, simple past and past participle elixed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To draw out or extract.
    • O that our muse / Had those abstruse and sinewy faculties / That with a strain of fresh invention / She might press out the rarity of art, / The pur'st elixed juice of rich conceit, / In your attentive ears, that with the lip / Of gracious elocution we might drink / A sound carouse unto your health...c. 1599 (date written), I. M. [i.e., John Marston], The History of Antonio and Mellida. The First Part. […], London: […] [Richard Bradock] for Mathewe Lownes, and Thomas Fisher, […], published 1602...

Questions about elixes

What is elixes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Elixes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of elix.

Words near elixes in the dictionary

  1. elixates
  2. elixating
  3. elixation
  4. elixations
  5. elixed
  6. elixes
  7. elixing
  8. elixir
  9. elixir of life
  10. elixir of vitriol
  11. elixir proprietatis

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