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• Empiric Adjective
  1. Empirical.
• Empiric Noun
  1. A member of a sect of ancient physicians who based their theories solely on experience.
  2. Someone who is guided by empiricism; an empiricist.
  3. An untrained physician; a quack.
     • An empiric oftentimes, and a silly chirurgeon, doth more strange cures than a rational physician.
     • Paracelsus and some few other sooty Empiricks .
  4. Any unqualified or dishonest practitioner; a charlatan.