CONCOCT

concoct

(verb) make a concoction (of) by mixing

concoct, cook up

(verb) prepare or cook by mixing ingredients; “concoct a strange mixture”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

---

Etymology

Verb

concoct (third-person singular simple present concocts, present participle concocting, simple past and past participle concocted)

To prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking.

Synonyms: prepare, mix

(figurative) To contrive something using skill or ingenuity.

Synonyms: contrive, plot, scheme

(obsolete) To digest.

Source: Wiktionary

---

Con*coct", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Concocted; p. pr. & vb. n. Concocting.] Etym: [L. concoctus, p. p. of concoquere to cook together, to digest, mature; con- + coquere to cook. See Cook.]

1. To digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition. [Obs.] Food is concocted, the heart beats, the blood circulates. Cheyne.

2. To purify or refine chemically. [Obs.] Thomson.

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

4. To digest in the mind; to devise; to make up; to contrive; to plan; to plot. He was a man of a feeble stomach, unable to concoct any great fortune. Hayward.

5. To mature or perfect; to ripen. [Obs.] Bacon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

---

Do you know this game?

Wordscapes is a popular word game consistently in the top charts of both Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The Android version has more than 10 million installs. This guide will help you get more coins in less than two minutes of playing the game. Continue reading Wordscapes: Get More Coins