concoction
concoction is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared.
- 2.The act of digesting in the mind; planning or devising; rumination. Donne.
- 3.(Med.) Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition. [Obs.]
- 4.The act of perfecting or maturing. [Obs.] Bacon.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is the act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared called?
- What is the act of digesting in the mind; planning or devising; rumination. Donne called?
- What is abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition. [Obs.] called?
- What is the act of perfecting or maturing. [Obs.] Bacon called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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