Meaning

1 senses

  1. (nonstandard, rare)A concoction.

Examples

8 sentences

  1. Tom has concocted a plan.

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  2. I concocted an excuse for missing the party.

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  3. The herbalist will concoct a potion for that.

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  4. Ziri is in his lab, concocting a new perfume.

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  5. Hell and paradise are just hypotheses concocted by the mind.

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Origin

From Latin concoquō (“boil, prepare, digest”) (influenced by the participle concoctus), fr

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

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Forms

plural: concocts
Singularconcoct
Pluralconcocts

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
conclaveconcludeB1conclusionB1conclusiveconcoctionconcomitantconcord

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