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con⋅coc⋅tion

[kon-kok-shuhn, kuhn-]
–noun
1. the act or process of concocting.
2. something concocted: a delicious concoction of beans, rice, and meat.

Origin:
1525–35; < L concoctiōn- (s. of concoctiō) digestion, equiv. to concoct(us) (see concoct ) + -iōn- -ion


2. mixture, medley, blend.
con·coct   (kən-kŏkt')   
tr.v.   con·coct·ed, con·coct·ing, con·cocts
  1. To prepare by mixing ingredients, as in cooking.
  2. To devise, using skill and intelligence; contrive: concoct a mystery story.

[Latin concoquere, concoct-, to boil together : com-, com- + coquere, to cook; see pekw- in Indo-European roots.]
con·coct'er, con·coc'tor n., con·coc'tion n., con·coc'tive adj.

Concoction

Con*coc"tion\, n. [L. concoctio.]

1. A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion. [Obs.]

2. The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared.

3. The act of digesting in the mind; planning or devising; rumination. --Donne.

4. (Med.) Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition. [Obs.]

5. The act of perfecting or maturing. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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