/fiz"ik/ , n. , v. , physicked, physicking .
n.
1. a medicine that purges; cathartic; laxative.
2. any medicine; a drug or medicament.
3. Archaic. the medical art or profession.
4. Obs. See natural science .
v.t.
5. to treat with or act upon as a physic or medicine.
6. to work upon as a medicine does; relieve or cure.
[ 1250-1300; (n.) ME fisyk ( e ), phisik ( e ) ( fisique ) physica natural science (ML: medical science) physiké science of nature, n. use of fem. adj.: pertaining to nature (akin to phylon tribe, PHYLON); (v.) ME, deriv. of the n. ]