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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
concoct \concoct"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. concocted; p. pr. 
   vb. n. concocting. l. concoctus, p. p. of concoquere to
   cook together, to digest, mature; con- + coquere to cook. see
   cook.
   1. to digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of
      nutrition. obs.
      1913 webster

            food is concocted, the heart beats, the blood
            circulates.                           --cheyne.
      1913 webster

   2. to purify or refine chemically. obs. --thomson.
      1913 webster

   3. to prepare from crude materials, as food; to invent or
      prepare by combining different ingredients; as, to concoct
      a new dish or beverage.
      1913 webster

   4. to digest in the mind; to devise; to make up; to contrive;
      to plan; to plot.
      1913 webster

            he was a man of a feeble stomach, unable to concoct
            any great fortune.                    --hayward.
      1913 webster

   5. to mature or perfect; to ripen. obs. --bacon.
      1913 webster
see also:
concocted concocting cook 

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