Definition of concoct

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con·coct    (kn-kkt) KEY 

TRANSITIVE VERB:
con·coct·ed, con·coct·ing, con·cocts

1. To prepare by mixing ingredients, as in cooking.
2. To devise, using skill and intelligence; contrive: concoct a mystery story.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Latin concoquere, concoct-, to boil together : com-, com- + coquere, to cook; see pek^w- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
con·cocter or con·coctor(Noun), con·coction(Noun), con·coctive(Adjective)