Alchemy. transitive. To produce (gold or silver) by the transmutation of base metal; to cause (gold or silver) to increase. Also intransitive: to…

Alchemy. To subject to a transmuting elixir: see tincture, n. 6.

Alchemy. To change (one substance) into another, esp. a baser metal into gold or silver. Hence allusively and absol. Also in Physics, to change (one…

transitive. Alchemy. To transform (something) by the action of a tincture (tincture, n. 6a); esp. to transmute (a substance) into a precious…

transitive. Metallurgy and Alchemy. To purify (a metal); to convert (an ore, etc.) into pure metal. Obsolete.

transitive. To convert (a base metal) into gold. Cf. maturate, v. 4.