concoct
concoct is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To purify or refine chemically. [Obs.] Thomson.
- 2.To prepare from crude materials, as food; to invent or prepare by combining different ingredients; as, to concoct a new dish or beverage.
- 3.To digest in the mind; to devise; to make up; to contrive; to plan; to plot. He was a man of a feeble stomach, unable to concoct any great fortune. Hayward.
- 4.To mature or perfect; to ripen. [Obs.] Bacon.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is to purify or refine chemically. [Obs.] Thomson called?
- What is to prepare from crude materials, as food; to invent or prepare by combining different ingredients; as, to concoct a new dish or beverage called?
- What is to digest in the mind; to devise; to make up; to contrive; to plan; to plot. He was a man of a feeble stomach, unable to concoct any great fortune. Hayward called?
- What is to mature or perfect; to ripen. [Obs.] Bacon called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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