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.

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alchemize British  

/ ˈælkəˌmaɪz /

verb

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

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Etymology

Origin of alchemize

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

Example Sentences

“You help them alchemize or metabolize the emotional experience and then it becomes an experience in the past, where that feeling has been able to escape the body,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times

And like the Bard, he makes his sources his own, alchemizing the material for novel ends.

From Los Angeles Times

But farce is a universal language, and the hilarity is not just translated but alchemized into something riotously contemporary.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Salon

That man can play, alchemizing melody into a presence that brings together tribes from across time and space.

From Salon