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–verb (used with object)

1.	to prepare or make by combining ingredients, esp. in cookery: to concoct a meal from leftovers.

2.	to devise; make up; contrive: to concoct an excuse.

[Origin: 1525–35; < L concoctus (ptp. of concoquere to cook together), equiv. to con- con- + coc-, var. s. of coquere to boil, cook¹ (akin to Gk péptein; see pepsin, peptic) + -tus ptp. ending

]

—Related forms

con·coct·er, con·coc·tor, noun

con·coc·tive, adjective

—Synonyms 2. invent, fabricate, hatch.

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con·coct Audio Help (kən-kŏkt') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. con·coct·ed, con·coct·ing, con·cocts

To prepare by mixing ingredients, as in cooking.
To devise, using skill and intelligence; contrive: concoct a mystery story.

[Latin concoquere, concoct-, to boil together : com-, com- + coquere, to cook; see pek^w- in Indo-European roots.]

con·coct'er, con·coc'tor n., con·coc'tion n., con·coc'tive adj.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
concoct

1533, from L. concoctus, pp. of concoquere "to boil together, prepare," from com- "together" + coquere "to cook" (see cook (n.)). First expanded metaphorically beyond cooking 1792.

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concoct
verb
1.	make a concoction (of) by mixing
2.	prepare or cook by mixing ingredients; "concoct a strange mixture"
3.	invent; "trump up charges" [syn: trump up]
4.	devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software" [syn: think up]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
concoct [kənˈkokt, (American) kon-] verb

to put together, make up or invent
Example: I've concocted a new drink for you to try; The child concocted a story about having been attacked.

Arabic:	يَخْتَلِق، يُعِدُّ حِساءً بالمَزْج
Chinese (Simplified):	调制；编造
Chinese (Traditional):	調制；編造
Czech:	namíchat; vymyslet; sestavit
Danish:	brygge sammen; finde på; udtænke
Dutch:	brouwen
Estonian:	kokku segama, sepitsema
Finnish:	valmistaa, sepittää
French:	inventer
German:	zusammenbrauen, sich ausdenken
Greek:	επινοώ
Hungarian:	(össze)kotyvaszt
Icelandic:	sjóða saman, búa til
Indonesian:	meramu
Italian:	inventare

Japanese:	混ぜ合わせてつくる
Korean:	뒤섞어 만들다, 꾸며내다
Latvian:	(ātri) pagatavot; sagudrot; sadomāt
Lithuanian:	užmaišyti, išgalvoti, pramanyti
Norwegian:	sette sammen, brygge, koke sammen, mikse
Polish:	prokurować, wymyślać
Portuguese (Brazil):	inventar
Portuguese (Portugal):	inventar
Romanian:	a amesteca; a născoci, a inventa
Russian:	состряпать;выдумать
Slovak:	vymyslieť
Slovenian:	izmisliti si, skrpucati
Spanish:	inventar
Swedish:	blanda (laga) till, koka ihop
Turkish:	karıştırıp hazırlamak, uydurmak

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Concoct

Con*coct"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Concocted; p. pr. & vb. n. Concocting.] [L. concoctus, p. p. of concoquere to cook together, to digest, mature; con- + coquere to cook. See Cook.]

1. To digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition. [Obs.]

Food is concocted, the heart beats, the blood circulates. --Cheyne.

2. To purify or refine chemically. [Obs.] --Thomson.

3. To prepare from crude materials, as food; to invent or prepare by combining different ingredients; as, to concoct a new dish or beverage.

4. To digest in the mind; to devise; to make up; to contrive; to plan; to plot.

He was a man of a feeble stomach, unable to concoct any great fortune. --Hayward.

5. To mature or perfect; to ripen. [Obs.] --Bacon.

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Concoct

In*coct"ed\, a. [Cf. Concoct.] Raw; indigestible. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.

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