Concoct

/kənˈkɒkt/ adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A concoction. nonstandard, rare

    "I don't suppose these creatures are the concoct of your mind?" La Tour said. "If they're real, then Nature there is warped, no doubt by oppressive dampness and heat.""

Verb
  1. 1
    To prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking.

    "to concoct a potion"

  2. 2
    make a concoction (of) by mixing wordnet
  3. 3
    To contrive something using skill or ingenuity. figuratively

    "to concoct a cunning plan"

  4. 4
    devise or invent wordnet
  5. 5
    To digest. obsolete

    "For the parts of an Embryo are nourished and encreased before it hath a Stomach to concoct any thing, and yet in a perfect Fœtus none can deny that the Stomach does concoct […]"

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  1. 6
    invent wordnet
  2. 7
    prepare or cook by mixing ingredients wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Digested or affected by heat. obsolete

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"The herbalist will concoct a potion for that."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin concoquō (“boil, prepare, digest”) (influenced by the participle concoctus), from con- (“together”) + coquō (“cook”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin concoctus, perfect passive participle of Latin concoquō (compare Etymology 1).

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