[syn: think up, think of, dream up, hatch, concoct]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Concoct \Con*coct"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Concocted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Concocting.] [L. concoctus, p. p. of concoquere to
cook together, to digest, mature; con- + coquere to cook. See
Cook.]
1. To digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of
nutrition. [Obs.]
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Food is concocted, the heart beats, the blood
circulates. --Cheyne.
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2. To purify or refine chemically. [Obs.] --Thomson.
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3. To prepare from crude materials, as food; to invent or
prepare by combining different ingredients; as, to concoct
a new dish or beverage.
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4. To digest in the mind; to devise; to make up; to contrive;
to plan; to plot.
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He was a man of a feeble stomach, unable to concoct
any great fortune. --Hayward.
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5. To mature or perfect; to ripen. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
concoct
v 1: make a concoction (of) by mixing
2: prepare or cook by mixing ingredients; "concoct a strange
mixture" [syn: concoct, cook up]
3: invent; "trump up charges" [syn: trump up, concoct]
4: devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly";
"no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"
[syn: think up, think of, dream up, hatch, concoct]