concoct
verb/kənˈkɒkt/
/kənˈkɑːkt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they concoct | /kənˈkɒkt/ /kənˈkɑːkt/ |
| he / she / it concocts | /kənˈkɒkts/ /kənˈkɑːkts/ |
| past simple concocted | /kənˈkɒktɪd/ /kənˈkɑːktɪd/ |
| past participle concocted | /kənˈkɒktɪd/ /kənˈkɑːktɪd/ |
| -ing form concocting | /kənˈkɒktɪŋ/ /kənˈkɑːktɪŋ/ |
- concoct something to make something, especially food or drink, by mixing different things
- The soup was concocted from up to a dozen different kinds of fish.
- concoct something to invent a story, an excuse, etc. or create a plan, especially for a dishonest purpose synonym cook up, make up
- She concocted some elaborate story to explain her absence.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin concoct-, literally ‘cooked together’, from concoquere. The original sense was ‘refine metals or minerals by heating’, later ‘cook’.
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