单词 | reconcoct |
释义 | reconcoctv. transitive and intransitive. To concoct again. ΚΠ ?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome i. xiv. 55 The repetition and action of ruminating, reconcocting [Fr. recuire], trying by the whetstone of reason. 1653 W. Harvey Anat. Exercitations 526 The mother doth by her own food acquire more milke then she hath use for to sustain her flesh, and blood, which milk is reconcocted in her breasts, and treasured up. 1859 J. D. Bryant Redemption 73 Satan to Esdrela withdrew, To ruminate on his adventure strange, And re-concoct how he might new assail. 1968 Times 16 Feb. 9/4 Die drei Pintos, left incomplete and virtually reconcocted by Mahler, is much more worthwhile. 2005 M. Roach Spook ii. 67 From this bone, the Midrash states, a person is reconcocted after death. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.?1608 |
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