The process of turning something into gold or making it golden in color or value.
From Latin 'aurum' (gold) + '-ify' (to make), combining the root for gold with a suffix meaning 'to convert into.' The concept evolved from medieval alchemy's obsession with transmuting base metals into precious gold.
Medieval alchemists spent centuries trying to accomplish aurifying—turning lead into gold—which seemed impossible until we understood atomic structure. Today we can literally rearrange atoms, but it's so expensive that aurifying lead would cost far more than the gold produced!
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