concoct

verb

/kənˈkɒkt/

Etymology

From Latin concoquō (“boil, prepare, digest”) (influenced by the participle concoctus), from con- (“together”) + coquō (“cook”).

derived from concoquō
borrowed from concoctus

Definitions

1
To prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for…
To prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking.
- to concoct a potion
- to concoct a new dish
- Their only regret was, that Mademoiselle Carrara would taste none of the conserves and the pastry they were so busily concocting.
2
To contrive something using skill or ingenuity.
- to concoct a cunning plan
- He had two beautiful daughters who fell in love with men he approved of and he wanted to give them the most lavish double wedding he could concoct.
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 […]
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  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."
2. Digested or affected by heat.

The neighborhood

neighborconcoction
neighbordecoct

Derived

concocter, concoctive, concoctor, deconcoct, inconcocted, reconcoct, unconcocted

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at concoct. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at concoct. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at concoct

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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