n. & v. esp. archaic.
n. 1 a medicine (a dose of physic). 2 the art of healing. 3 the medical profession.
v.tr. (physicked, physicking) dose with physic. physic garden a garden for cultivating medicinal herbs etc.
[ ME f. OF fisique medicine f. L physica f. Gk phusike (episteme) (knowledge) of nature ]