CONCOCT

concoct. concoct, to digest meate

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concoct. Concoct, v.t. to digest in the stomach, to purify

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Con‐coct″ (?), 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. 1. To digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition.
Food is concocted, the heart beats, the blood circulates. Cheyne. 2. 2. To purify or refine chemically. Thomson.
3. 3. To prepare from crude materials, as food; to invent or prepare by combining different ingredients; as, to concoct a new dish or beverage.
4. 4. To digest in the mind; to devise; to make up; to contrive; to plan; to plot.
He was a man of a feeble stomach, unable to concoct any great fortune. Hayward. 5. 5. To mature or perfect; to ripen. Bacon.