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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
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