v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Concocted; p. pr. & vb. n. Concocting. ] [ L. concoctus, p. p. of concoquere to cook together, to digest, mature; con- + coquere to cook. See Cook. ] 1. To digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Food is concocted, the heart beats, the blood circulates. Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To purify or refine chemically. [ Obs. ] Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To prepare from crude materials, as food; to invent or prepare by combining different ingredients; as, to concoct a new dish or beverage. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To digest in the mind; to devise; to make up; to contrive; to plan; to plot. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was a man of a feeble stomach, unable to concoct any great fortune. Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To mature or perfect; to ripen. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who concocts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. concoctio. ] 1. A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of digesting in the mind; planning or devising; rumination. Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Med.) Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The act of perfecting or maturing. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the power of digesting or ripening; digestive. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hence the concoctive powers, with various art,
Subdue the cruder aliments to chyle. J. Armstrong. [ 1913 Webster ]