(1):
(v. t.) To digest in the mind; to devise; to make up; to contrive; to plan; to plot.
(2):
(v. t.) To mature or perfect; to ripen.
(3):
(v. t.) To digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition.
(4):
(v. t.) To purify or refine chemically.
(5):
(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.