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con⋅coc⋅tion
[kon-kok-shuh
n, kuhn-] 
–noun
| 1. | the act or process of concocting. |
| 2. | something concocted: a delicious concoction of beans, rice, and meat. |
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| con·coct (kən-kŏkt') tr.v. con·coct·ed, con·coct·ing, con·cocts
[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. |
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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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