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Concoction
//kənˈkɒkʃən// noun
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Noun
- 1 The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients. countable, uncountable
"Salt is a very favoured ingredient of spell-binding concoctions."
- 2 the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components wordnet
- 3 A mixture prepared in such a way. countable, uncountable
- 4 the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose wordnet
- 5 Something made up, an invention. countable, uncountable
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- 6 an occurrence of an unusual mixture wordnet
- 7 Digestion (of food etc.). countable, obsolete, uncountable
"[Sorrow] hinders concoction, refrigerates the heart, takes away stomach, colour, and sleep; thickens the blood […]"
- 8 any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients wordnet
- 9 The act of digesting in the mind; rumination. countable, figuratively, obsolete, uncountable
"At laſt, the Phyſicians, after a long and ſtormie voyage, ſee land; They haue ſo good ſignes of the concoction of the diſeaſe, as that they may ſafely proceed to purge."
- 10 Abatement of a morbid process, such as fever, and return to a normal condition. countable, obsolete, uncountable
- 11 The act of perfecting or maturing. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"There are also divers other great alterations of matter and bodies , besides those that tend to concoction and maturation"
Etymology
From Latin concoctiō.
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