n. - A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion.
n. - The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared.
n. - The act of digesting in the mind; planning or devising; rumination.
n. - Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition.
n. - The act of perfecting or maturing.