Phil., physiol., med., alch., astrol. (a) To change, modify, transform; alteren to (sth.); (b) to change for the worse; affect adversely; deteriorate; (c) to change for the better; affect……

Alch. & med. (a) To reduce (sth.) to powder by heating; (b) to change the nature of (sth.) by heating in a certain way. …

Med. To promote perspiration. …

(a) Med. To affect (sb., bodily parts) with disease brought on by an unfavorable combination of humors; (b) fig. to corrupt (sb.) morally. …

Physiol. To upset the proper balance of the humors or qualities. …

(a) To gather, collect, or acquire (something) in large quantity or numbers; (b) to accumulate or buy (goods) in such quantity as to cause scarcity, to forestall (the market), to corner (a commodity……

(a) To put (something) into words, to describe or set forth; to state, declare, or report; to relate (events), to tell (a story); expressen trouth, give a true account, tell the truth; (b) to give……

Med. To dissolve (viscid or thick humors), disperse. …

Med. (a) To cover (a sore, part of the body) with a plaster, poultice, or ointment; ben plastred, be covered with a plaster; also, be healed or cured; also fig.; (b) to apply a plaster; spread or……

Med. Of an astringent medicine or wine: to cause contraction; also, cause (bodily tissue) to contract or draw together in healing; ppl. stiptiking as noun: astringent medicines. …

(a) To obstruct (a street, lane, passage, an entrance, etc.) with a physical barrier, block; close (a port), prevent access to; blockade (the sea), close to traffic; block (someone's way); also fig.……

(a) Med. To administer a steam or hot-air bath or a medicinal vapor to (sb., a part of the body); also, refl. inhale the vapor of a boiling decoction; (b) to steep (meat) in a liquid. …