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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.
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Phys·ick·ing p. pr. & vb. n. fr. Physic, v. t.
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physic
n : a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
[syn: purgative, cathartic, aperient]
[also: physicking, physicked]