concoction

Etymology

From Latin concoctiō.

noun

  1. The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients.
    Salt is a very favoured ingredient of spell-binding concoctions. 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 178
  2. A mixture prepared in such a way.
  3. Something made up, an invention.
  4. (obsolete) Digestion (of food etc.).
  5. (obsolete, figurative) The act of digesting in the mind; rumination.
  6. (obsolete, medicine) Abatement of a morbid process, such as fever, and return to a normal condition.
  7. (obsolete) The act of perfecting or maturing.

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