concoctive

con·coct

 (kən-kŏkt′)

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 plan.

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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·coct′er, con·coc′tor n.

con·coc′tion n.

con·coc′tive adj.

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