Concoct

[kən'kɒkt] or [kən'kɑkt]

Definition

(verb.) make a concoction (of) by mixing.

(verb.) prepare or cook by mixing ingredients; 'concoct a strange mixture'.

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Definition

(v. t.) To digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition.

(v. t.) To purify or refine chemically.

(v. t.) To prepare from crude materials, as food; to invent or prepare by combining different ingredients; as, to concoct a new dish or beverage.

(v. t.) To digest in the mind; to devise; to make up; to contrive; to plan; to plot.

(v. t.) To mature or perfect; to ripen.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Devise, plan, plot, contrive, design, invent, project, brew, frame, compass, mature, prepare, hatch.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Compound, prepare, mix, hatch, brew

ANT:Spoil, upset, disconcoct, disconcert, mar, misprepare

Typist: Zamenhof

Definition

v.t. to digest: to prepare or mature: to make up a mixture: to plan devise: to fabricate.—ns. Concoct′er Concoct′or; Concoc′tion act of concocting: ripening: preparation of a medical prescription &c.: a made-up story.—adj. Concoct′ive pertaining to concoction.

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