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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Concoction \Con*coc"tion\, n. [L. concoctio.]
1. A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition;
digestion. [Obs.]
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2. The act of concocting or preparing by combining different
ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared.
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3. The act of digesting in the mind; planning or devising;
rumination. --Donne.
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4. (Med.) Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and
return to a normal condition. [Obs.]
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5. The act of perfecting or maturing. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
concoction
n 1: any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients; "he
volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a
mixture of beer and lemonade" [syn: {concoction},
{mixture}, {intermixture}]
2: an occurrence of an unusual mixture; "it suddenly spewed out
a thick green concoction"
3: the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose; "his
testimony was a concoction"; "she has no peer in the
concoction of mystery stories"
4: the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup
etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components [syn:
{confection}, {concoction}]
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