concoct

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking.
  2. To contrive something using skill or ingenuity.
  3. To digest.
noun
  1. A concoction.
adj
  1. Digested or affected by heat.

Pronunciation

/kənˈkɒkt/ [kʰəŋˈkʰɒkt] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-concoct.wav

Word forms

concoct concocts concocting concocted more concoct most concoct

Etymology

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

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