Medicine

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A philter or love potion.

II. Medicine ·noun A Physician.

III. Medicine ·add. ·noun Short for Medicine man.

IV. Medicine ·add. ·noun Intoxicating liquor; drink.

V. Medicine ·add. ·noun Hence, a similar object or agency among other savages.

VI. Medicine ·noun The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease.

VII. Medicine ·noun Any substance administered in the treatment of disease; a remedial agent; a remedy; physic.

VIII. Medicine ·vt To give medicine to; to affect as a medicine does; to Remedy; to Cure.

IX. Medicine ·add. ·noun Among the North American Indians, any object supposed to give control over natural or magical forces, to act as a protective charm, or to cause healing; also, magical power itself; the potency which a charm, token, or rite is supposed to exert.

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