[agent-n. (on Latin analogies) f. CONCOCT v. Cf. F. concocteur and CONCOCTER.] One who, or that which, concocts.
† 1. A digester; a promoter of digestion, Obs.
1764. Charac., in Ann. Reg., 68/2. Taking care to add a good deal of pepper and spices by way of concoctors.
2. One who compounds, or prepares from various ingredients.
a. 1845. Hood, To Dr. Hahnemann, i. Well, Doctor, Great concoctor Of medicines to help in man’s distress.
3. One who devises, or makes up (a scheme, etc.).
1843. P. Parley’s Ann., IV. 361. The three concoctors sat down to arrange the order of the proceedings.
1872. Spurgeon, Treas. Dav., Ps. lxiv. 6. Inventors and concoctors of evil.
