concoct
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin concoquō (“boil, prepare, digest”) (influenced by the participle concoctus), from con- (“together”) + coquō (“cook”).
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.
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 103:
- Their only regret was, that Mademoiselle Carrara would taste none of the conserves and the pastry they were so busily concocting.
- 2007, Cecilia Dart-Thornton, The Well of Tears: Book Two of The Crowthistle Chronicles, Tor Books, →ISBN:
- Pecan shells make good fuel, and they are used by leather tanners to concoct their foul-smelling compounds, and sometimes we mix them with charcoal in hand-soap to make a really good scrubbing agent
- 2014, Lisa Howard, Healthier Gluten-Free, MA: Fair Winds Press, →ISBN, page 171:
- The twelve include Jill (she used to be a chicken-and-potatoes girl, but now she's willing to try whatever I concoct), […]
- (figurative) To contrive something using skill or ingenuity.
- 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXVI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 34:
- On the other hand, the finest argument ever concocted, the concentrated wisdom drawn from men and books, will fail to charm, like the hilarity of a dance, or the splendour of a gala, the young, gay girl, whose spirits are exuberant, and whose heart is untouched by care, and who, a dozen years afterwards, would, in calm cheerfulness, listen lovingly, and examine carefully, the pleaded reasons offered to her judgment.
- 2005, Jean Ferris, Into the Wind: Part One, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 161:
- He had two beautiful daughters who fell in love with men he approved of and he wanted to give them the most lavish double wedding he could concoct.
- (obsolete) To digest.
- 1703, Thomas Gibson, The Anatomy of Humane Bodies Epitomized, page 297:
- For the parts of an Embryo are nourished and encreased before it hath a Stomach to concoct any thing, and yet in a perfect Fœtus none can deny that the Stomach does concoct […]
Derived terms
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Translations
to prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking
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to contrive something using skill or ingenuity
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Noun
concoct (plural concocts)
- (rare, nonstandard) A concoction.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin concoctus, perfect passive participle of Latin concoquō (compare Etymology 1).
Adjective
concoct (comparative more concoct, superlative most concoct)
References
- “concoct, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. - “concoct, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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