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concoct

Pronunciation: /kənˈkɒkt/

The English word “concoct” has 5 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking.
  2. To contrive something using skill or ingenuity.
  3. To digest.

noun

  1. A concoction.

adjective

  1. Digested or affected by heat.

Etymology

From Latin concoquō (“boil, prepare, digest”) (influenced by the participle concoctus), from con- (“together”) + coquō (“cook”).

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