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Meaning of 'concoct' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Concoct [ v. t.]
- To digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition.
- To purify or refine chemically.
- To prepare from crude materials, as food; to invent or prepare by combining different ingredients; as, to concoct a new dish or beverage.
- To digest in the mind; to devise; to make up; to contrive; to plan; to plot.
- To mature or perfect; to ripen.

Meaning of 'concoct' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . concoct [ v]
Meaning (1):
- prepare or cook by mixing ingredients
Example in sentence:
  • concoct a strange mixture
Meaning (2):
- devise or invent
Example in sentence:
  • He thought up a plan to get rich quickly;
  • no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software
Meaning (3):
- invent
Example in sentence:
  • trump up charges

Nearby Words:

con con- conacre conarium conation conative conatus concamerate concameration concatenate

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