(v. t.) To digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition.
(v. t.) To purify or refine chemically.
(v. t.) To prepare from crude materials, as food; to invent or prepare by combining different ingredients; as, to concoct a new dish or beverage.
(v. t.) To digest in the mind; to devise; to make up; to contrive; to plan; to plot.
(v. t.) To mature or perfect; to ripen.
Example Sentences:
(1) Throughout the 1960s and later, various misbegotten plans for massive hotels and corniche roads were concocted by outsiders, keen to exploit the spectacular beaches.
(2) South China Sea atom In a 13,900-word white paper, Beijing claimed the Philippines , which brought the case, had “distorted facts, misinterpreted laws and concocted a pack of lies” in order to undermine Chinese interests.
(3) These colonials brought their concoctions back to the UK and popularised them.
(4) Prenatal care consisted of consultation with a prophet, wearing amulets, using herbal concoctions for bathing and drinking, and injections of herbal power to keep evil spirits away and guarantee safe delivery.
(5) In an affidavit , Dr Larry Sasich told the court that Georgia's likely use of a compounding pharmacist to concoct pentobarbital for the Hill execution presented the prisoner with substantial risk that the drugs would not work effectively.
(6) A man convicted in 2006 of attempting to bomb the Herald Square subway station in Manhattan told an informant who concocted the plot he would have to check with his mother and was uncomfortable planting the bombs himself.
(7) That was the week when the Bake Off contestants were called on to make dainty biscuits and elaborate gingerbread concoctions, following previous showdowns over who could make the fluffiest muffins and the creamiest custard tarts.
(8) In a desperate attempt to plea-bargain his way out of prison, he concocted an elaborate plot to pin the murder on an associate who he believed had died.
(9) Four times a day, at fixed times, they get fed panda cake, a specially made concoction of boiled rice, corn, soya and oils.
(10) The one that he concocted for this particular problem goes as follows: "It is true that our health depends, On our congressional friends, To grant this convention, this brief intervention, Remember Jesus saves and Congress spends."
(11) Logical, yes, but politically it's a no-brainer: why risk the wrath of the Daily Mail for being soft on drugs, even if it does mean passing up the chance to ensure these concoctions – produced and marketed by manufacturers who work one step ahead of the law – are better controlled, dosed and labelled, and therefore less likely to maim or kill.
(12) Spurs still had 17 minutes of normal time, and another five of stoppages, to concoct a winner but their cohesion had gone.
(13) Beyoncé: Crazy in Love An impossibly thrilling concoction of tumbling drums, soul horns (borrowed from the Chi-Lites) and a perfect chorus.
(14) Everything humanity concocts comes with some cost attached.
(15) Concluding that only Piz could have concocted such a vile prank, Logan laid down the law, sentencing Veronica’s boyfriend to major beatdown.
(16) And it would be nothing short of condescending for screenwriter Aaron Sorkin and director David Fincher to have concocted some fictional spunky-girl nerd character or a wise female comp sci professor in an attempt to make their film more female-friendly.
(17) I'm keen to see what "evidence" the investigators have concocted to prove the allegations.
(18) A few days fermenting in a glass jar does the trick – it is ready when the concoction starts bubbling.
(19) Iceland would describe themselves as overachievers rather than underdogs, though, and there is a genuine belief that the plan being concocted 20 miles from the Swiss border will be enough to bring the most famous of their rhino killings yet.
(20) What goes missing when brands cross the border, she believes, is their Italianità – that concoction of flair and unpredictability that has proved her own key to success.
Decoct
Definition:
(v. t.) To prepare by boiling; to digest in hot or boiling water; to extract the strength or flavor of by boiling; to make an infusion of.
(v. t.) To prepare by the heat of the stomach for assimilation; to digest; to concoct.
(v. t.) To warm, strengthen, or invigorate, as if by boiling.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cissus quadrangularis was mutagenic, while 'decoctions' of cumin seeds, aniseeds and ginger were not.
(2) The dissolution ratio of selenium in decoctions of each single crude drug is about 30-40%.
(3) The factors which influence decoction-making conditions are in the order of: volume greater than time greater than method.
(4) The depressed ERGs in the Yandi Decoction III treated group showed remarkable recovery during 6 weeks after starting treatment, comparing with that in the control group and the urokinase treated group (P less than 0.05).
(5) In this research, 74 patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) were grouped in matched-pair, one group took orally Inositol and Mai Tong as the control group, the other group took orally Yi Xin Decoction as the tested group.
(6) A simple method using ion-pair high-performance liquid chromatography was established for the rapid and precise determination of synephrine in oriental pharmaceutical decoctions containing Aurantii Nobilis Pericarpium.
(7) In order to further investigate the curative effect of Yi Xin Decoction and elucidate its mechanism, the authors have also investigated Yi Xin Decoction on the experimental mice with hyperlipemia.
(8) The results show that the dosage of gypsum should be 10-20 grams, preferably ground to at least 60 mesh powder, the fine powder over 60 mesh is not to be pre-decocted, but the coarse powder of 40 mesh needs pre-decocting.
(9) The root and stem decoctions of Sinomenium acutum Rehd.
(10) Herbal prostatitis decoction is a great effective prescription to treat chronic prostatitis in promoting the blood circulation and relieving the stasis.
(11) The content of calcium ion Ca2+ in gypsum decoction has been determined with coordination titration.
(12) This paper reported the results of clinical observation on a treatment with Semen Persical decoction for purgation with addition (SPDPA) in type II diabetes mellitus.
(13) Experiments with these decoctions were carried out to observe the action on isolated hearts of toads and the ECG and acute toxicity on mice.
(14) It is concluded that peroral administration of freshly prepared decocts of Zoapatle in early pregnancy exerts a distinct uterotonic effect and induces cervical dilatation and uterine bleeding.
(15) In this paper the contents and solubilities of copper, zinc, iron, calcium and magnesium in Siwu decoction and Liuwei Dihuang Decoction were studied.
(16) In Amazonian Peru and Ecuador leaf decoctions of the rainforest holly Ilex guayusa with high caffeine concentrations are used as a morning stimulant.
(17) Comparable action was obtained by Qingying Decoction prepared with water buffalo horn.
(18) Four prisoners drank a decoction of yew (Taxus baccata) needles containing the toxic alkaloid taxine++ B.
(19) The increased deposition of stone-forming constituents in the kidneys of calculogenic rats was lowered with decoction administration.
(20) The herbal decoction is to be taken 3 times daily before meals.