Definitions of concoct [ɒnˈkɒkt, kən-]

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Definition of 'concoct'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) concoct
to prepare or make by combining ingredients:
to concoct a meal from leftovers.

2. concoct
to devise; contrive:
to concoct an excuse.

Etymology: (1525–35; < L concoctus, ptp. of concoquere to cook down, digest)

Definition of 'concoct'

Princeton's WordNet

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

2. (verb) concoct, cook up
prepare or cook by mixing ingredients
"concoct a strange mixture"

3. (verb) trump up, concoct
invent
"trump up charges"

4. (verb) think up, think of, dream up, hatch, concoct
devise or invent
"He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"

Definition of 'concoct'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) concoct
to digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition

2. (verb) concoct
to purify or refine chemically

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

4. (verb) concoct
to digest in the mind; to devise; to make up; to contrive; to plan; to plot

5. (verb) concoct
to mature or perfect; to ripen

Translation of 'concoct'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to put together, make up or invent I've concocted a new drink for you to try; The child concocted a story about having been attacked.
Afrikaans: saamflans; meng, brou; be	Arabic: يَخْتَلِق، يُعِدُّ حِساءً	Bulgarian: скалъпвам
Brazilian: preparar	Czech: namíchat; vymyslet; sesta	German: zusammenbrauen, sich ausd
Danish: brygge sammen; finde på;	Greek: επινοώ	Spanish: inventar
Estonian: kokku segama, sepitsema	Farsi: ساختن	Finnish: keksiä
French: inventer	Hebrew: לְהַמצִיא	Hindi: गढ़ना
Croatian: izmisliti	Hungarian: (össze)kotyvaszt	Indonesian: meramu
Icelandic: sjóða saman, búa til	Italian: inventare	Japanese: 混ぜ合わせてつくる
Korean: 조제하다, 꾸며내다	Lithuanian: užmaišyti, išgalvoti, pra	Latvian: (ātri) pagatavot; sagudro
Malay: mereka	Dutch: brouwen	Norwegian: sette sammen, brygge, kok
Polish: prokurować, wymyślać	Persian: ساختن	Pashto: دډيرواجزا او څخه تر تيبول
Portuguese: inventar	Romanian: a amesteca; a născoci, a	Russian: состряпать;выдумать
Slovak: vymyslieť	Slovenian: izmisliti si, skrpucati	Serbian: smisliti
Swedish: blanda (laga) till, koka	Thai: ประดิษฐ์; ประกอบขึ้น	Turkish: karıştırıp hazırlamak, uy
Taiwanese: 調配，捏造	Ukrainian: вигадувати; складати	Urdu: پکانا ، قصہ گھڑنا
Vietnamese: tạo ra	Chinese: 调制，编造
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