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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024con•coct /kənˈkɑkt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to prepare by combining ingredients:to concoct a meal from leftovers.
- to make up; invent:to concoct an excuse.
con•coct•er, con•coc•tor, n. [countable]con•coc•tion /kənˈkɑkʃən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]made up some weird concoction for me to drink. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•coct (kon kokt′, kən-),USA pronunciation v.t. - to prepare or make by combining ingredients, esp. in cookery:to concoct a meal from leftovers.
- to devise;
make up; contrive:to concoct an excuse.
- Latin concoctus (past participle of concoquere to cook together), equivalent. to con- con- + coc-, variant stem of coquere to boil, cook1 (akin to Greek péptein; see pepsin, peptic) + -tus past participle ending
- 1525–35
con•coct′er, con•coc′tor, n. con•coc′tive, adj. - 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged invent, fabricate, hatch.
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