concoct
Meaning
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- To prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking.
- To contrive something using skill or ingenuity.
- (obsolete) To digest.
Synonyms
mix in
make ready
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kənˈkɒkt/
Etymology
From Latin concoquō (“boil, prepare, digest”) (influenced by the participle concoctus), from con- (“together”) + coquō (“cook”).
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