elixation

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UK/ɛlɪkˈseɪʃən/

noun

Boiling, stewing.

OriginLatin ēlixāre →
Scrabble 16
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Meanings

nounelixation (plural elixations)

plural elixations

  1. archaicBoiling, stewing.
  2. archaicDigestion (in the stomach).

    Elixation is the seething of meat in the stomach, by the said natural heat, as meat s boiled in a pot; to which corruption or putrefaction is opposite.

    1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York: New York Review Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 156
  3. obsoletechemistryBoiling in order to produce an elixir

Origin

  1. Latinēlixāre
  2. Englishelixation

From Latin ēlixāre.

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APA

elixation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elixation

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“elixation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elixation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “elixation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elixation.

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