# concoct
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kənˈkɒkt/, [kʰəŋˈkʰɒkt]
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɒkt

### Etymology 1

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

#### Verb

concoct (third-person singular simple present concocts, present participle concocting, simple past and past participle concocted)
* To prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking.
    Synonyms: prepare, mix
    to concoct a potion
    to concoct a new dish
** 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 103:Their only regret was, that Mademoiselle Carrara would taste none of the conserves and the pastry they were so busily concocting.
** 2007, Cecilia Dart-Thornton, The Well of Tears: Book Two of The Crowthistle Chronicles, Tor Books, →ISBN:Pecan shells make good fuel, and they are used by leather tanners to concoct their foul-smelling compounds, and sometimes we mix them with charcoal in hand-soap to make a really good scrubbing agent
** 2014, Lisa Howard, Healthier Gluten-Free, MA: Fair Winds Press, →ISBN, page 171:The twelve include Jill (she used to be a chicken-and-potatoes girl, but now she's willing to try whatever I concoct), […]
* (figurative) To contrive something using skill or ingenuity.
    Synonyms: contrive, plot, scheme
    to concoct a cunning plan
** 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXVI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 34: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.
** 2005, Jean Ferris, Into the Wind: Part One, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 161: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.
* (obsolete) To digest.
** 1703, Thomas Gibson, The Anatomy of Humane Bodies Epitomized, page 297: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 […]

##### Derived terms

* concocter
* concoctive
* concoctor
* deconcoct
* inconcocted
* reconcoct
* unconcocted

##### Related terms

* concoction
* decoct

##### Translations

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#### Noun

concoct (plural concocts)
* (rare, nonstandard) A concoction.
** 2006, Wendel Messer, The Conquest of Canada: A Novel of Discovery, Gravenhurst, O.N.: Breller Books, →ISBN, page 27: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."

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin concoctus, perfect passive participle of Latin concoquō (compare Etymology 1).

#### Adjective

concoct (comparative more concoct, superlative most concoct)
* (obsolete) Digested or affected by heat.

### References

* “concoct, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
* “concoct, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.