Obs. [ad. L. concoct-us, pa. pple. of concoquĕre to boil together, digest, ripen, f. con- + coquĕre to cook, boil, digest.]
Digested; subjected to heat; refined or matured by heat: also fig. (See next.)
1534. Elyot, Lett. to Cromwell, in Gov. (1883), p. cx. Being radd diligently and well concoct … it will not seeme very tediouse. Ibid. (1541), Image Gov., 55. Mentes … whiche all together can not bee … duly concocte and digested.
1565–78. Cooper, Thesaurus, Crudum, raw, not concoct.
1577. Eden & Willes, Trav., 274. Lesse concocte then the matter of gummes and spyces.
1616–61. Holyday, Persius, 306. A heart not stained by Foul lust, concoct in noble honesty.
