Concoct Definition

kən-kŏkt
concocted, concocting, concocts
verb
concocted, concocting, concocts
To make by combining various ingredients; compound.
Webster's New World
To devise, invent, or plan.
Webster's New World

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.

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

  • If parents say nothing, or concoct a cover story, it can be impossible to mount a prosecution.

  • Or concoct wildly utopian lessons or plenaries for all occasions.

  • You can concoct a toddy using whiskey, brandy, rum, or bourbon, making the toddy a great party drink because you can make one to each guests tastes.

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Words Starting With

CCOCON

Words Ending With

TCTOCT

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Words Starting With C and Ending With T

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