v. t. - To digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition.
v. t. - To purify or refine chemically.
v. t. - To prepare from crude materials, as food; to invent or prepare by combining different ingredients; as, to concoct a new dish or beverage.
v. t. - To digest in the mind; to devise; to make up; to contrive; to plan; to plot.
v. t. - To mature or perfect; to ripen.