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alchemize

American  
[al-kuh-mahyz] / ˈæl kəˌmaɪz /
especially British, alchemise

verb (used with object)

alchemized, alchemizing
  1. to change by or as by alchemy; transmute.

    to alchemize lead into gold.


alchemize British  
/ ˈælkəˌmaɪz /

verb

  1. (tr) to alter (an element, metal, etc) by alchemy; transmute

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of alchemize

First recorded in 1595–1605; alchem(y) + -ize

Example Sentences

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The singers, however, alchemize everything into the most hypnotic sound.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 23, 2022

Fold that talent into any decent parody of mediocre psychological thrillers, and ideally all we'd have to do is sit back and watch all parties involved alchemize TV movie tin into gold medal foolishness.

From Salon Jan. 29, 2022

Indeed, when those elements alchemize — usually with the help of a gifted producer — they can become generational touchstones.

From Washington Post Aug. 5, 2021

The site also needs to alchemize the bespoke nature of the MLB, NHL, NBA, and NFL’s streaming apparatuses into a single service, which the owner says is a recurring challenge.

From The Verge Mar. 8, 2021

An expert must be bold if he hopes to alchemize his homespun theory into conventional wisdom.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

To make my own, I alchemized a potpourri of sandalwood, hinoki wood, palo santo, mint, patchouli and tachibana orange.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 14, 2026

The Soft Moon, “Become the Lies” Cali post-punk torchbearer Luis Vasquez squarely faced his family traumas and alchemized the resulting pain into the Soft Moon’s steely 2022 LP, “Exister.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 24, 2023

But more time would not have alchemized the central elements that refuse to meld: the onstage fiction of Romeo and Juliet’s ruinous romance, and the offstage reality of two veteran actors’ devoted love.

From New York Times Jul. 25, 2022

After all, when the source of our desperation or our resentment is alchemized into trippily comedic TV, how could it not be, well, tonally weird?

From The Guardian Jul. 20, 2018

The stones they cast I caught And alchemized with thought Into such lumps of gold As dreaming misers hold.

From Fairies and Fusiliers by Graves, Robert

With some distance from Saturn’s crucible, there’s the hope of alchemizing our discoveries into a more congruent self.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 11, 2024

It’s unfair to expect grievers to emerge from the depths of loss having mined diamonds of meaning, alchemizing their suffering into a form of self-improvement.

From Washington Post Nov. 29, 2022

Instead of cultivating the land for agriculture, land artists like Heizer physically altered the landscape into something with cultural value, alchemizing colonization into an art form and making it monumental.

From Salon Oct. 25, 2022

Childhood has a way of alchemizing disparate information into wonder, and the association of snakes and mythology redoubled and complicated my devotion to both.

From New York Times Dec. 28, 2020

Their voices are both tools and canvases, wreaking havoc on the borders of melody and rhythm and alchemizing Auto-Tune into something radically human.

From Slate Sep. 24, 2015

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