Dictionary - Definition of COCTION


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. Act of boiling.[Websters] 2. Digestion.[Websters] 3. The change which the humorists believed morbific matter undergoes before elimination.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

"Coction" is a common misspelling or typo for: coaction.

Date "Coction" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1767. (references)

Etymology:Coction \Coc"tion\, noun. [Latin expression coctio.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: COCTION

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	[Noun] The act of boiling or exposing to heat in liquor. In medicine, that alteration in the crude matter of a disease, which fits it for a discharge; digestion. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
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Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. Act of boiling.[Websters] 2. Digestion.[Websters] 3. The change which the humorists believed morbific matter undergoes before elimination.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

Date "COCTION" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1767. (references)

Etymology:Coction \Coc"tion\, noun. [Latin expression coctio.]. (references)

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	[Noun] The act of boiling or exposing to heat in liquor. In medicine, that alteration in the crude matter of a disease, which fits it for a discharge; digestion. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top