concoct (verb)
1concoct — ► VERB 1) make (a dish or meal) by combining ingredients. 2) invent or devise (a story or plan). DERIVATIVES concocter noun concoction noun. ORIGIN Latin concoquere cook together …
2concoct — verb Concoct is used with these nouns as the object: ↑alibi, ↑scheme …
3concoct — verb 1) he planned to concoct a dessert Syn: prepare, make, assemble; informal fix, rustle up 2) this story she has concocted Syn: make up, dream up, fabricate, invent, trump up; formulate, hatch …
4concoct — verb a) to prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking b) to contrive something using skill or ingenuity See Also: concoction …
5concoct — verb (T) 1 to invent a clever story, excuse, or plan, especially in order to deceive someone: John concocted an elaborate excuse for being late. 2 to make something, especially food or drink, by mixing different things, especially things that are …
6concoct — [16] To concoct an excuse is the same, etymologically, as to ‘cook’ one up. The word concoct comes from the past participle of Latin concoquere, a compound verb formed from the prefix com ‘together’ and coquere ‘cook’. This was a derivative of… …
7concoct — [[t]kənkɒ̱kt[/t]] concocts, concocting, concocted 1) VERB If you concoct an excuse or explanation, you invent one that is not true. [V n] Mr Ferguson said the prisoner concocted the story to get a lighter sentence. 2) VERB If you concoct… …
8concoct — [16] To concoct an excuse is the same, etymologically, as to ‘cook’ one up. The word concoct comes from the past participle of Latin concoquere, a compound verb formed from the prefix com ‘together’ and coquere ‘cook’. This was a derivative of… …
9concoct — /kənˈkɒkt / (say kuhn kokt), /kəŋ / (say kuhng ) verb (t) 1. to make by combining ingredients, as in cookery: to concoct a soup; to concoct a dinner. 2. to prepare; make up; contrive: to concoct a story. {Latin concoctus, past participle, cooked… …
10concoct — transitive verb Etymology: Latin concoctus, past participle of concoquere to cook together, from com + coquere to cook more at cook Date: 1675 1. to prepare by combining raw materials < concoct a recipe > 2. devise, fabricate …
