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al·che·mist

 (ăl′kə-mĭst)
n.
A practitioner of alchemy.
al′che·mis′tic, al′che·mis′ti·cal adj.
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alchemist

(ˈælkəmɪst)
n
(Alchemy) a person who practises alchemy
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

al•che•mist

(ˈæl kə mɪst)

n.
a person who is versed in or practices alchemy.
[1350–1400]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.alchemist - one who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the philosopher's stonealchemist - one who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the philosopher's stone
intellectual, intellect - a person who uses the mind creatively
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Translations
алхимик
alchymista
alkymist
alĥemiisto
alkemisti
alkemičar
alkimista
gullgerðarmaður
アルケミスト錬金術師
alchemikas
alchimist
alchymistaalchymistka
alkimistalkimistka
alkemist
nhà giả kim

alchemist

[ˈælkɪmɪst] N → alquimista mf
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

alchemist

[ˈælkəmɪst] n → alchimiste mf
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

alchemist

n → Alchemist(in) m(f)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

alchemist

[ˈælkɪmɪst] n → alchimista m/f
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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And, in fine, of false sciences I thought I knew the worth sufficiently to escape being deceived by the professions of an alchemist, the predictions of an astrologer, the impostures of a magician, or by the artifices and boasting of any of those who profess to know things of which they are ignorant.
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This, according to the big brother, was the dwelling-place of an alchemist "old and grey with a long beard." Here with his lamp and magic books he wrought his wonders, and "Some day" the eager children were promised a visit to him.
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On the other side of the house, old Roger Chillingworth arranged his study and laboratory: not such as a modern man of science would reckon even tolerably complete, but provided with a distilling apparatus and the means of compounding drugs and chemicals, which the practised alchemist knew well how to turn to purpose.
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that thy father is already in the hands of a powerful alchemist, who knows how to convert into gold and silver even the rusty bars of a dungeon grate.
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Doctor Cacaphodel, the alchemist, returned to his laboratory with a prodigious fragment of granite, which he ground to powder, dissolved in acids, melted in the crucible, and burned with the blow-pipe, and published the result of his experiments in one of the heaviest folios of the day.
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'The Alchemist' castigates quackery and its foolish encouragers; and
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According to the great alchemist, Pierre de Boniface, the diamond rendered a man invisible, and the agate of India made him eloquent.
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Soldier, statesman, and alchemist. Which latter was the highest development of the science knowledge of his time.
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The care imprinted in the lines of Caleb's face, and his absorbed and dreamy manner, which would have sat well on some alchemist or abstruse student, were at first sight an odd contrast to his occupation, and the trivialities about him.
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The word "alchemists" suddenly suggested to his mind the idea of Archdeacon Claude Frollo.
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This little coterie of friends was composed of seven famous men, who possessed many talents in common, being poets and musicians, alchemists, philosophers, and mostly hard drinkers as well.
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So that it is in truth, of operation upon a man's mind, of like virtue as the alchemists use to attribute to their stone, for man's body; that it worketh all contrary effects, but still to the good and benefit of nature.
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