Part 2233

<hw>Con*clu"so*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Conclusive.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Concoct</h1> <Xpage=296>

<hw>Con*coct"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Concocted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Concocting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>concoctus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>concoquere</ets> to cook together, to digest, mature; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>coquere</ets> to cook. See <er>Cook</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Food is <b>concocted</b>, the heart beats, the blood circulates. <i>Cheyne.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To purify or refine chemically.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Thomson.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To prepare from crude materials, as food; to invent or prepare by combining different ingredients; <as>as, to <ex>concoct</ex> a new dish or beverage</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To digest in the mind; to devise; to make up; to contrive; to plan; to plot.</def>

<blockquote>He was a man of a feeble stomach, unable to <b>concoct</b> any great fortune. <i>Hayward.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To mature or perfect; to ripen.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Concocter</h1> <Xpage=296>

<hw>Con*coct"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who concocts.</def>

<h1>Concoction</h1> <Xpage=296>

<hw>Con*coc"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>concoctio</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The act of digesting in the mind; planning or devising; rumination.</def>

<i>Donne.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>The act of perfecting or maturing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Concoctive</h1> <Xpage=296>

<hw>Con*coct"ive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the power of digesting or ripening; digestive.</def>

<blockquote>Hence the <b>concoctive</b> powers, with various art, Subdue the cruder aliments to chyle. <i>J. Armstrong.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Concolor</h1> <Xpage=296>

<hw>Con"col`or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>concolor</ets>; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>color</ets> color.]</ety> <def>Of the same color; of uniform color.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "<i>Concolor</i> animals."

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Concolorous</h1> <Xpage=296>