Concoct meaning

kən-kŏkt'
To devise, using skill and intelligence; contrive.

Concoct a plan.

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To devise, invent, or plan.
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The definition of concoct is to plan or make something using many parts.

An example of concoct is planning a dinner mystery party.

An example of concoct is making soup using whatever is in the refrigerator.

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To prepare by mixing ingredients, as in cooking.
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To make by combining various ingredients; compound.
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To prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking.
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To contrive something using skill or ingenuity.
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Origin of concoct

  • Latin concoquere concoct- to boil together com- com- coquere to cook pekw- in Indo-European roots
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • From concoctionem (“digestion”), from cōn- (“together”) and coquo (“cook”).
    From Wiktionary

Concoct Sentence Examples

  • I hung up before he could concoct some other scheme.

  • Two popes anathematized each other from Avignon and from Rome, and zealous churchmen were at their wit's end to concoct ways and means, by general councils of Constance and Basel and otherwise, to restore peace to a distracted church, and to discipline the clergy into decent living.

  • Philip was freely accused of having employed Pack to concoct the forgery; and, although this charge is doubtless false, his eager acceptance of Pack's unproved statements aroused considerable ill-feeling among the Catholics, which he was not slow to return.

  • Today, Aveeno continues to concoct natural and feel-good skin care products with the same commitment to nature and old world recipes.

  • If you like to cook you can even get creative and concoct your own series of Atkins recipes and meal plans!

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