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concoct
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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.

[Latin concoquere, concoct-, to boil together : com-, com- + coquere, to cook; see pekw- in Indo-European roots.]

con·cocter, con·coctor n.
con·coction n.
con·coctive adj.

concoct [kənˈkɒkt]
vb (tr)
1. to make by combining different ingredients
2. to invent; make up; contrive
[from Latin concoctus cooked together, from concoquere, from coquere to cook]
concocter , concoctor n
concoctive  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.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"
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"
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"
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

concoct
verb make up, design, prepare, manufacture, plot, invent, devise, brew, hatch, formulate, contrive, fabricate, think up, cook up (informal), trump up, project He said the prisoner had concocted the story to get a lighter sentence.
Translations
concoct [kənˈkɒkt] VT [+ food, drink] → confeccionar; [+ lie, story] → inventar; [+ plot] → tramar, fraguar

concoct [kənˈkɒkt] vt
(= make up) [+ excuse, explanation] → monter de toutes pièces, préparer
[+ drink, dish] → concocter, préparer

concoct
vt
(Cook etc) → zusammenstellen, (zu)bereiten; (hum)kreieren, zurechtzaubern
(fig)sich (dat)zurechtlegen; scheme, plan alsoausbrüten or -hecken; excuse alsosich (dat)ausdenken; new dress, hatzaubern

concoct [kənˈkɒkt] vt (food, drink) → mettere insieme; (lie, story, excuse) → inventare; (scheme) → architettare

concoct
v concoct [kənˈkokt, (American ) kon-]
to put together, make up or invent I've concocted a new drink for you to try; The child concocted a story about having been attacked. saamflans; meng, brou; beraam; versin, uitdink, uitbroei; fabriseer يَخْتَلِق، يُعِدُّ حِساءً بالمَزْج скалъпвам namíchat; vymyslet; sestavit brygge sammen; finde på; udtænke zusammenbrauen, sich ausdenken επινοώ inventar kokku segama, sepitsema ساختن valmistaa, sepittää inventer לְהַמצִיא गढ़ना izmisliti (össze)kotyvaszt meramu sjóða saman, búa til inventare 混ぜ合わせてつくる 조제하다, 꾸며내다 užmaišyti, išgalvoti, pramanyti (ātri) pagatavot; sagudrot; sadomāt mereka brouwen sette sammen, brygge, koke sammen, mikse prokurować, wymyślać inventar a amesteca; a născoci, a in­venta состряпать;выдумать vymyslieť izmisliti si, skrpucati smisliti blanda (laga) till, koka ihop ผสม karıştırıp hazırlamak, uydurmak 調配;捏造 вигадувати; складати پکانا ، قصہ گھڑنا tạo ra
n conˈcoction [-ʃən]
mengsel, brousel; beraming; versinsel إخْتِلاق قِصَّه измислица namíchání, směs bryg; blanding das Gebräu, die Erfindung παρασκεύασμα, επινόηση mejunje, brebaje segu, sepitsus من درآورده؛ معجون sekoitus, sepittäminen préparation תַעֲרוֹבֶת, הֲכָנָה काढ़ा, कपटजाल, कुचक्र, दुरभिसंधि varenje, preparat, uvarak, skuhano (össze)kotyvasztás ramuan samsuða miscela, preparato 調合 혼성, 조제물 mišinys, prasimanymas, pramanas brūvējums; sadomājums rekaan brouwsel sammensetning, brygg, påfunn, oppspinn wymysł mistela amestec выдумка namiešanie skrpucalo izmišljotina tillagning, hopkok การผสม karışım, terkip 調配;捏造 готування, куховарство جھوٹ ، بناوٹ sự tạo ra


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