Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To prepare by mixing ingredients, as in cooking.
- transitive verb To devise, using skill and intelligence; contrive.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To digest.
- To purify or sublime; refine by removing the gross or extraneous matter.
- To ripen; develop.
- To combine and prepare the materials of, as in cookery; hence, to get up, devise, plan, contrive, plot, etc.: as, to
concoct a dinner or a bowl of punch; to concoct a scheme or a conspiracy. - To mature; ripen.
- To digest.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition.
- transitive verb obsolete To purify or refine chemically.
- transitive verb To prepare from crude materials, as food; to invent or prepare by combining different ingredients.
- transitive verb To digest in the mind; to devise; to make up; to contrive; to plan; to plot.
- transitive verb obsolete To mature or perfect; to ripen.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb to
prepare something bymixing variousingredients , especially to preparefood forcooking - verb to
contrive something usingskill oringenuity
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb devise or invent
- verb make a concoction (of) by mixing
- verb invent
- verb prepare or cook by mixing ingredients
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Iraq, "concoct" - here I agree with you, but I couldn't come up with another word that adequately conveyed the idea that the US / UK had some agenda regarding Iraq.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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You wouldn't concoct a word like "emsecurement" to describe the act of a man not beating his wife any more.
That Word Dave Hingsburger 2007
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I mean there's a scenario you could concoct, which is, you know, Israel is striking a deal with Hamas, exchanging prisoners with Hezbollah, talking to Syria, talking to Egypt -- and then makes these military maneuvers.
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The only way that I have been able to concoct is to use the black and gray pen colors and display the lineweights in model and paper space.
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The only way that I have been able to concoct is to use the black and gray pen colors and display the lineweights in model and paper space.
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I have been able to concoct is to use the black and gray pen colors and display the lineweights in model and paper space.
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I have been able to concoct is to use the black and gray pen colors and display the lineweights in model and paper space.
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However, religious leaders can "concoct" all they want.
Sheldon C. Good: Young People and the Future Of Religion Sheldon C. Good 2010
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However, religious leaders can "concoct" all they want.
Sheldon C. Good: Young People and the Future Of Religion Sheldon C. Good 2010
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Actually, there was a little bit of brainstorming with Adam and Shana Bryan, who was the producer on their side, to kind of concoct this really robust ... actually frighteningly robust backstory.
GameSetWatch Simon Carless 2010
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