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