PHYSIC (2)

physic (2). Physic, v.t. to purge with physic, cleanse, cure

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Phys″ic (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Physiced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Physicking (?).] 1. 1. To treat with physic or medicine; to administer medicine to, esp. a cathartic; to operate on as a cathartic; to purge.
2. 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.