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verb con·coct \kən-ˈkäkt, kän-\

: to make (a food or drink) by mixing different things together

: to invent or develop (a plan, story, etc.) especially in order to trick or deceive someone

Full Definition of CONCOCT

transitive verb

1

:  to prepare by combining raw materials <concoct a recipe>

2

:  devise, fabricate <concoct an explanation>

— con·coct·er noun

— con·coc·tion \-ˈkäk-shən\ noun

— con·coc·tive \-ˈkäk-tiv\ adjective

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Examples of CONCOCT

1. The drink was first concocted by a bartender in New York.
2. She concocted a stew from the leftovers.

Origin of CONCOCT

Latin concoctus, past participle of concoquere to cook together, from com- + coquere to cook — more at cook

First Known Use: 1594

Related to CONCOCT

Synonyms

invent, construct, contrive, cook (up), devise, drum up, excogitate, fabricate, make up, manufacture, think (up), trump up, vamp (up)

Related Words

coin, design, hatch, produce; daydream, dream, fantasize; conceive, envisage, envision, imagine, picture, vision, visualize; ad-lib, extemporize, improvise

Near Antonyms

clone, copy, copycat, duplicate, imitate, mimic, reduplicate, replicate, reproduce

Rhymes with CONCOCT

decoct, dreadlocked, entr'acte, half-cocked, landlocked, shell-shocked