coction noun. ['kɒkʃ(ǝ)n] Now rare or obsolete. LME.
[Latin coctio(n-) digestion, (in late Latin) cooking, from coct-: see COCTILE, -ION.]
1. Cooking; boiling. LME.

2. Suppuration as a process regarded as necessary for the healing of wounds or diseases. L16-M19.

3. Digestion of food. E17-L19.

4. The action of heat in preparing any substance. L17-M18.

5. Preparation by a natural process leading to perfection. L17-E18.

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