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concoction
(encz) | concoction,namíchání n: Zdeněk Brož |
concoction
(encz) | concoction,smíchání n: Zdeněk Brož |
Concoction
(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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concoction
(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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Concoction
(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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Inconcoction
(gcide) | Inconcoction \In`con*coc"tion\, n.
The state of being undigested; unripeness; immaturity. [Obs.]
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