concoct
Plural: concocts
Verb
Verb Forms: concocted, concocting, concocts
- To prepare by combining various ingredients; to devise.
- make a concoction (of) by mixing
- prepare or cook by mixing ingredients
- "concoct a strange mixture"
- invent
- devise or invent
- To prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking.
- To contrive something using skill or ingenuity.
- To digest.
Noun
- A concoction.
Adj
- Digested or affected by heat.
Examples
- She could CONCOCT a high-scoring word from seemingly impossible letters.
- to concoct a cunning plan
- to concoct a new dish
- to concoct a potion
Origin / Etymology
From Latin concoquō (“boil, prepare, digest”) (influenced by the participle concoctus), from con- (“together”) + coquō (“cook”).
Synonyms
cook up, dream up, hatch, think of, think up, trump up, contrive, mix, plot, prepare, scheme
Scrabble Score: 13
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