PHYSICKED
PHYSIC
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
physicked
simple past tense and past participle of physic
Source: Wiktionary
PHYSIC
Phys"ic, n. Etym: [OE. phisike, fisike, OF. phisique, F. physique
knowledge of nature, physics, L. physica, physice, fr. Gr. be. See
Be, and cf. Physics, Physique.]
1. The art of healing diseases; the science of medicine; the theory
or practice of medicine. "A doctor of physik." Chaucer.
2. A specific internal application for the cure or relief of
sickness; a remedy for disease; a medicine.
3. Specifically, a medicine that purges; a cathartic.
4. A physician. [R.] Shak. Physic nut (Bot.), a small tropical
American euphorbiaceous tree (Jatropha Curcas), and its seeds, which
are well flavored, but contain a drastic oil which renders them
dangerous if eaten in large quantities.
Phys"ic, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Physiced; p. pr. & vb. n. Physicking.]
1. To treat with physic or medicine; to administer medicine to, esp.
a cathartic; to operate on as a cathartic; to purge.
2. To work on as a remedy; to heal; to cure.
The labor we delight in physics pain. Shak.
A mind diseased no remedy can physic. Byron.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition