Concoction

//kənˈkɒkʃən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components wordnet
  3. 3
    A mixture prepared in such a way. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose wordnet
  5. 5
    Something made up, an invention. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    an occurrence of an unusual mixture wordnet
  2. 7
    Digestion (of food etc.). countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "[Sorrow] hinders concoction, refrigerates the heart, takes away stomach, colour, and sleep; thickens the blood […]"

  3. 8
    any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients wordnet
  4. 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."

  5. 10
    Abatement of a morbid process, such as fever, and return to a normal condition. countable, obsolete, uncountable
  6. 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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