concoct Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make a concoction (of) by mixing
  2. verb prepare or cook by mixing ingredients
    cook up.
    • concoct a strange mixture
  3. verb invent
    trump up.
    • trump up charges
  4. verb devise or invent
    think up; think of; dream up; hatch.
    • He thought up a plan to get rich quickly
    • no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software

WordNet

Con*coct" transitive verb
Etymology
L. concoctus, p. p. of concoquere to cook together, to digest, mature; con- + coquere to cook. See Cook.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Concocted; present participle & verbal noun Concocting
Definitions
  1. To digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition. Obs.
    Food is concocted, the heart beats, the blood circulates. Cheyne.
  2. To purify or refine chemically. Obs. Thomson.
  3. To prepare from crude materials, as food; to invent or prepare by combining different ingredients; as, to concoct a new dish or beverage.
  4. To digest in the mind; to devise; to make up; to contrive; to plan; to plot.
    He was a man of a feeble stomach, unable to concoct any great fortune. Hayward.
  5. To mature or perfect; to ripen. Obs. Bacon.

Webster 1913