Etymology

alembication

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Today it means: The act of making something more refined or pure; distillation. Full definition →

Latin alembicatio
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  1. Latin · derived fromalembīcum
  2. Latin · borrowed fromalembicatio
  3. English todayalembication

Borrowed from Latin alembicatio, from Latin alembīcum.

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