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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