concoct
/kənˈkɒkt/ verb, noun, adjective
Forms concocts concocting concocted
- verb To prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking. “to concoct a potion”
- verb (figurative) To contrive something using skill or ingenuity. “to concoct a cunning plan”
- verb (obsolete) To digest.
- noun (rare, nonstandard) A concoction.
- adjective (obsolete) Digested or affected by heat.
Synonyms
prepare mix contrive plot scheme ferment brew cook up trump up think up think of dream up hatch
Etymology
From Latin concoquō (“boil, prepare, digest”) (influenced by the participle concoctus), from con- (“together”) + coquō (“cook”).
Borrowed from Latin concoctus, perfect passive participle of Latin concoquō (compare Etymology 1).
Webster’s 1913
- verb To digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition.
- verb To purify or refine chemically. [Obs.] Thomson.
Etymology [L. concoctus, p. p. of concoquere to cook together, to digest, mature; con- + coquere to cook. See Cook.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “concoct”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details