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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Coctionnoun

    The act of boiling.

    Etymology: coctio, Lat.

    The disease is sometimes attended with expectoration from the lungs, and that is taken off by a coction and resolution of the feverish matter, or terminates in suppurations or a gangrene. John Arbuthnot, on Diet.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Coctionnoun

    act of boiling

  2. Coctionnoun

    digestion

  3. Coctionnoun

    the change which the humorists believed morbific matter undergoes before elimination

  4. Etymology: [L. coctio.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Coction

    kok′shun, n. the act of boiling or cooking.—adj. Coc′tile, baked: hardened by fire, as a brick. [L. coquĕre, coctum, to boil, to cook.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of coction in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of coction in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7


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