concoct (redirected from concoctor)

con·coct  (kn-kkt)

tr.v. 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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[Latin concoquere, concoct-, to boil together : com-, com- + coquere, to cook; see pek^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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con·cocter, con·coctor n.

con·coction n.

con·coctive adj.

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concoct

Verb

1. to make by combining different ingredients

2. to invent or make up (a story or plan) [Latin coquere to cook]

concoction n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	concoct - make a concoction (of) by mixing amalgamate, commix, mingle, unify, mix - to bring or combine together or with something else; "resourcefully he mingled music and dance"
	2.	concoct - prepare or cook by mixing ingredients; "concoct a strange mixture" cook up cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" ready, prepare, cook, fix, make - prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
	3.	concoct - invent; "trump up charges" trump up cook up, fabricate, invent, manufacture, make up - make up something artificial or untrue
	4.	concoct - devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software" dream up, think up, hatch, think of idealise, idealize - form ideals; "Man has always idealized" create by mental act, create mentally - create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands cook up, fabricate, invent, manufacture, make up - make up something artificial or untrue

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concoct

verb make up, design, prepare, manufacture, plot, invent, devise, brew, hatch, formulate, contrive, fabricate, think up, cook up (informal) trump up, project

Translations

concoct [kənˈkɔkt] vt [+ food, drink] → preparar [+ story]; inventar [+ plot]; tramar

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concoct [kənˈkɔkt] vt → confectionner, composer

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concoct [kənˈkɔkt] vt (excuse etc) → sich dat ausdenken;

(meal, sauce) → improvisieren

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concoct [kənˈkɔkt] vt → inventare