alchemize

alchemize
/al"keuh muyz'/, v.t., alchemized, alchemizing.
to change by or as by alchemy; transmute: to alchemize lead into gold.
Also, esp. Brit., alchemise.
[1595-1605; ALCHEM(Y) + -IZE]

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