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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To turn into or become gold.

Wiktionary

  1. v. rare To turn into gold

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. to transform into gold.
  2. v. to turn golden.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. turn golden
  2. v. transform into gold

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  2. metamorphose
  1. transmute

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  • jmjarmstrong JM wishes to aurify the entire contents of his residence - but can't find the instructions. Dec 28, 2010

  • colleen To Do: alchemy list. Oct 10, 2007

  • reesetee And mercury is what drove hatters mad. Oct 10, 2007

  • uselessness Oh, it's Latin. That makes sense. Thanks for posting those! Turns out plumbum (lead) is the root word for plumbing, a reference to traditional waterworks being made of that metal. Funny, that's been cited as one of the contributing factors toward the fall of Rome, as it led to brain disorders that may have compounded over several generations. Yet the word has made its mark on even modern language. Oct 10, 2007

  • burntsox Pb = lead - plumbum
    Ag = silver - argentum
    Na = sodium - natrium
    Hg = mercury - hydrargyrum
    K = potassium - kalium
    Sb = antimony - stibium
    W = tungsten - wolfram (German)

    Oct 10, 2007

  • skipvia As uselessness said elsewhere today, busted.

    Tragically dorky is a great phrase, though. Oct 10, 2007

  • uselessness Haha, those are awesome! And yet, tragically dorky. ;-) Oct 10, 2007

  • reesetee An Olympic figure skater once had "GO4AU" as a license plate number. I think it was Debbie Thomas.

    I believe the "aur" part comes from the original Latin for "gold," aurum. Oct 10, 2007

  • skipvia When Barry Goldwater was running against Lyndon Johnson, there were bumper stickers proclaiming "I'm for AU H20." I had to look that one up. Oct 10, 2007

  • uselessness Hey, good eye, I was wondering what the etymological connection was. I'm still confused about why they used such an odd chemical symbol for it, but there are quite a few elements that do that. Oct 10, 2007

  • seanahan Notice the chemical symbol for Gold is Au. Oct 10, 2007

  • uselessness To transform something into gold. Oct 9, 2007

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