(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.