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is the process of preparing a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients, and also the result of such a process.
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who theorized that this was the result of the heat of the body acting upon the material, causing it to mature and ripen.
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usually include ingredients not generally used for food, and are liquids intended to be drunk for purposes such as
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which are similarly formed by heating or blending multiple ingredients. Concoctions that were made in
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In modern usage, the term may refer more loosely to any mixture of various ingredients, including
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that the mixture is strange, unusual, or elaborate.
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