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concoct.

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

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/kənˈkɒkt/[kʰəŋˈkʰɒkt]
  1. To prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking.

    to concoct a potion
    to concoct a new dish
  2. To contrive something using skill or ingenuity.

    figuratively
    to concoct a cunning plan
  3. To digest.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

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

noun/kənˈkɒkt/[kʰəŋˈkʰɒkt]
  1. A concoction.

    nonstandard · rare
Where this word comes from

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

adj/kənˈkɒkt/[kʰəŋˈkʰɒkt]
  1. Digested or affected by heat.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

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

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