Etymology
Origin of chemic
1570–80; < Greek chēm ( ía ) alchemy + -ic; replacing chimic < Medieval Latin ( al ) chimicus
Example Sentences
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I know not whether the sun can have any chemic action upon the dead.
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For the most part, minds are mechanical not chemical compoundings, or if chemic, they are in very unstable equilibrium.
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The chemic force exerted by one soul in transmuting coarse things to beautiful is aided by another’s flame.
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On this decay the sun shone hot from heaven As though with chemic heat to broil and burn, And unto Nature all that she had given A hundredfold return.
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"Nay, the ink—the ink! something chemic in it changed thy real tears to seeming blood;—only that, my sister."
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