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concoct

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con⋅coct

  [kon-kokt, kuhn-]
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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, cook 1 (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   (kən-kŏkt')   
tr.v.   con·coct·ed, con·coct·ing, con·cocts

  1. To prepare by mixing ingredients, as in cooking.

  2. To devise, using skill and intelligence; contrive: concoct a mystery story.


[Latin concoquere, concoct-, to boil together : com-, com- + coquere, to cook; see pekw- in Indo-European roots.]
con·coct'er, con·coc'tor n., con·coc'tion n., con·coc'tive adj.
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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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