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concoct

[ kon-kokt, kuhn- ]
/ kɒnˈkɒkt, kən- /
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verb (used with object)

to prepare or make by combining ingredients, especially in cookery: to concoct a meal from leftovers.
to devise; make up; contrive: to concoct an excuse.

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RELATED WORDS

envision, fabricate, create, contrive, discover, invent, devise, hatch, plot, prepare, frame, originate, batch, project, brew, design, plan, mature, compound, vamp

Nearby words

conclination, conclude, conclusion, conclusive, conclusory, concoct, concoction, concomitance, concomitancy, concomitant, concomitant strabismus

Origin of concoct

1525–35; < Latin concoctus (past participle of concoquere to cook together), equivalent to con- con- + coc-, variant stem of coquere to boil, cook1 (akin to Greek péptein; see pepsin, peptic) + -tus past participle ending

Related forms

con·coct·er, con·coc·tor, nouncon·coc·tive, adjectivewell-con·coct·ed, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for concoct

concoct

/ (kənˈkɒkt) /

verb (tr)

to make by combining different ingredients
to invent; make up; contrive

Derived Forms

concocter or concoctor, nounconcoctive, adjective

Word Origin for concoct

C16: from Latin concoctus cooked together, from concoquere, from coquere to cook
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