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concoct

[kon-kokt, kuhn-]

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.

Origin:
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, noun

con·coc·tive, adjective

well-con·coct·ed, adjective

Synonyms
2. invent, fabricate, hatch.

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The challenge facing them was to concoct a show for.

They are tricky to concoct and more likely to kill their makers than their targets.

By day three, participants will be ready for whatever harebrained plans race organizers concoct this season.

His intellectual bequest remains for a new generation of physicists vying to concoct a theory of everything.

Unlike the obedient rogo/turtle drawing bots from our schooldays, these ones concoct their own work randomly and in short bursts.

They concoct ways to amuse themselves out of necessity.

Maybe you won't need to concoct your little fantasies for your entertainment.

It is easy to concoct adaptive stories for a particular trait.

The university provides tinkering rooms where students can build robots, test prototypes and concoct other contraptions.

There are worse laboratories in which to concoct a reinvention.

Our article on techno-saboteurs and the viruses they concoct drew a rush of mail.

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In order to make ends meet, they concoct a plan to kidnap a celebrity's dog, ending up in big trouble.

The life stories are more vivid than any theory one could concoct to explain them.

Follows the lives of a group of teens as they pursue romance, experience broken hearts and concoct mischievous schemes.

Or concoct your own drink by choosing five ingredients from more than two dozen.

When society cracks, the mind follows, and artists must concoct new forms to keep pace.

Agca had been involved in a deal to concoct testimony.

Regardless of your area of specialization, the task here is to concoct courses aimed at a general audience.

The good news is that you don't need to concoct as complicated a plot in your kitchen to pay homage.

The rise of podcasting is now enabling museumgoers to concoct their own unofficial audio guides and tours.

Byron claimed to compose best on horseback and to be able to concoct dozens of lines in an outing.

In medieval times, professional perfumers would concoct personal scents for their clients from six to eight special ingredients.

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Figures from both sides of the government are meeting to concoct policies for the second half of this parliament.

Sooner or later, though, someone will concoct a deal in which the financial benefits outweigh the political obstacles.

One way to tackle dietary conservatism is to concoct tasty new recipes.

The officials say the evidence points to efforts to secretly concoct batches of the.

Rachlin was also helping clients concoct their own fraudulent insurance claims.

Canoe outfitters traveling with the luxury of support craft can concoct elaborate meals, even on extended trips.

In an outsized back kitchen, cooking crews concoct high-end meals for take-out.

It should go without saying that many in the fashion world have been wondering what sort of production they would concoct next.

And the schemes its characters concoct don't add up to crafty gamesmanship.

Maggio to concoct a violent revenge fantasy of what he'd do.

Shelton has gone to some lengths to concoct a busier-looking plot.

There was no menace here, no banners, no reason to concoct stories of threatening behavior.

Suspects wouldn't have time to concoct an alibi, as now currently happens.

Because the directors do not concoct artificial drama, the small stories gather momentum naturally.

He rode in limousines to confabs to concoct messaging to scare the public about reform.

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World English Dictionary

concoct (kənˈkɒkt)

—vb
1.	to make by combining different ingredients
2.	to invent; make up; contrive

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

con'cocter

—n

con'coctor

—n

con'coctive

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

concoct

1530s, 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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