concoct

UK /kənˈkɒkt/ US /kənˈkɒkt/
verb 3noun 1adj 1

Definitions

verb

1

To prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking.

to concoct a potion

to concoct a new dish

2

To contrive something using skill or ingenuity.

to concoct a cunning plan

On the other hand, the finest argument ever concocted, the concentrated wisdom drawn from men and books, will fail to charm, like the hilarity of a dance, or the splendour of a gala, the young, gay girl, whose spirits are exuberant, and whose heart is untouched by care, and who, a dozen years afterwards, would, in calm cheerfulness, listen lovingly, and examine carefully, the pleaded reasons offered to her judgment.

3

To digest.

For the parts of an Embryo are nourished and encreased before it hath a Stomach to concoct any thing, and yet in a perfect Fœtus none can deny that the Stomach does concoct […]

noun

1

A concoction.

I don't suppose these creatures are the concoct of your mind?" La Tour said. "If they're real, then Nature there is warped, no doubt by oppressive dampness and heat."

adj

1

Digested or affected by heat.

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