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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. make a concoction (of) by mixing;

2. prepare or cook by mixing ingredients;
- Example: "concoct a strange mixture"
[syn: concoct, cook up]

3. invent;
- Example: "trump up charges"
[syn: trump up, concoct]

4. devise or invent;
- Example: "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"
- Example: "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"
[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.] [1913 Webster] Food is concocted, the heart beats, the blood circulates. --Cheyne. [1913 Webster] 2. To purify or refine chemically. [Obs.] --Thomson. [1913 Webster] 3. To prepare from crude materials, as food; to invent or prepare by combining different ingredients; as, to concoct a new dish or beverage. [1913 Webster] 4. To digest in the mind; to devise; to make up; to contrive; to plan; to plot. [1913 Webster] He was a man of a feeble stomach, unable to concoct any great fortune. --Hayward. [1913 Webster] 5. To mature or perfect; to ripen. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
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]