5. To mature or perfect; to ripen. [Obs.] Bacon.
Concocter
(Con*coct"er) n. One who concocts.
Concoction
(Con*coc"tion) n. [L. concoctio.]
1. A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion. [Obs.]
2. The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound
thus prepared.
3. The act of digesting in the mind; planning or devising; rumination. Donne.
4. (Med.) Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition. [Obs.]
5. The act of perfecting or maturing. [Obs.] Bacon.
Concoctive
(Con*coct"ive) a. Having the power of digesting or ripening; digestive.
Hence the concoctive powers, with various art,
Subdue the cruder aliments to chyle.
J. Armstrong.
Concolor
(Con"col`or) a. [L. concolor; con- + color color.] Of the same color; of uniform color. [R.]
"Concolor animals." Sir T. Browne.
Concolorous
(Con"col`or*ous) a. (Zoöl.) Of the same color throughout.
Concomitance
(Con*com"i*tance Con*com"i*tan*cy) , n. [Cf. F. concomitance, fr. LL. concomitantia.]
1. The state of accompanying; accompaniment.
The secondary action subsisteth not alone, but in concomitancy with the other.
Sir T. Browne.
2. (R.C.Ch.) The doctrine of the existence of the entire body of Christ in the eucharist, under each
element, so that the body and blood are both received by communicating in one kind only.
Concomitant
(Con*com"i*tant) a. [F., fr. L. con- + comitari to accompany, comes companion. See
Count a nobleman.] Accompanying; conjoined; attending.
It has pleased our wise Creator to annex to several objects, as also to several of our thoughts, a concomitant
pleasure.
Locke.
Concomitant
(Con*com"i*tant), n. One who, or that which, accompanies, or is collaterally connected
with another; a companion; an associate; an accompaniment.
Reproach is a concomitant to greatness.
Addison.
The other concomitant of ingratitude is hardheartedness.
South.
Concomitantly
(Con*com"i*tant*ly), adv. In company with others; unitedly; concurrently. Bp. pearson.
Concord
(Con"cord) n. [F. concorde, L. concordia, fr. concors of the same mind, agreeing; con- +
cor, cordis, heart. See Heart, and cf. Accord.]
1. A state of agreement; harmony; union.
Love quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.
Milton.
