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elixing

elixing is the present participle and gerund 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 elixing

What is elixing the present participle and gerund of?
Elixing is the present participle and gerund of elix.

Words near elixing in the dictionary

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

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