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physicked

physicked is the simple past and past participle of physic.

Meaning of physic

Verb

physic (third-person singular simple present physics, present participle physicking, simple past and past participle physicked)

  1. (transitive) To cure or heal.
    • Wouldſt thou not haue ſome Bulchin from the herd / To phyſicke thee of this venereall itch?1637, Tho[mas] Heywood, “Ivpiter and Io”, in Pleasant Dialogues and Dramma’s, Selected out of Lucian, Erasmus, Textor, Ovid, &c. […], London: […] R. O[ulton] for R. H[earne], and are to be sold by...
  2. (transitive) To administer medicine to, especially a purgative.
    • I will physic your rankness […]c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

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Words formed from physicked

Questions about physicked

What is physicked the simple past and past participle of?
Physicked is the simple past and past participle of physic.

Words near physicked in the dictionary

  1. physicist
  2. physicists
  3. physick
  4. physickal
  5. physicke
  6. physicked
  7. physicker
  8. physickers
  9. physicking
  10. physickings
  11. physicks

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