concoction

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients.

   • Salt is a very favoured ingredient of spell-binding concoctions.
   • Deer Sperm: In ancient times, this was used as an ingredient on aphrodisiac concoctions. An example of organotherapy.
2. 2

   A mixture prepared in such a way.

3. 3

   Something made up, an invention.

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   1. 4

      Digestion (of food etc.).

      • [Sorrow] hinders concoction, refrigerates the heart, takes away stomach, colour, and sleep; thickens the blood […]
   2. 5

      The act of digesting in the mind

      The act of digesting in the mind; rumination.

      • 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.
   3. 6

      An abatement of a morbid process, such as a fever, and a return to a normal condition.

   4. 7

      The act of perfecting or maturing.

      • There are also divers other great alterations of matter and bodies , besides those that tend to concoction and maturation

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