concoct
Use Concoct in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to prepare or make by combining ingredients, especially in cookery: to concoct a meal from leftovers.
2.
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
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.
2. invent, fabricate, hatch.
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concoct (kənˈkɒkt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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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