1. (n.) A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion.

2. (n.) The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared.

3. (n.) The act of digesting in the mind; planning or devising; rumination.

4. (n.) Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition.

5. (n.) The act of perfecting or maturing.

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