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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Concoct \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. To digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Food is concocted, the heart beats, the blood circulates. --Cheyne. [1913 Webster] 2. To purify or refine chemically. [Obs.] --Thomson. [1913 Webster] 3. To prepare from crude materials, as food; to invent or prepare by combining different ingredients; as, to concoct a new dish or beverage. [1913 Webster] 4. To digest in the mind; to devise; to make up; to contrive; to plan; to plot. [1913 Webster] He was a man of a feeble stomach, unable to concoct any great fortune. --Hayward. [1913 Webster] 5. To mature or perfect; to ripen. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]