concoct

/kənˈkɑkt/

/kənˈkɒkt/

Other forms: concocted; concocting; concocts

When you concoct something, you mix up different ingredients. If you want to become a mad scientist or a wizard, you'll have to learn how to concoct strange potions.

If the word concoction makes you think of steaming caldrons or liquids bubbling in test tubes, you’ll be amused to know that it comes from a Latin word for “digestion.” Yum! On summer days, children sometimes concoct imaginative stews from grass, leaves and dirt. They may also concoct lies to explain why they tried feeding such concoctions to their little sister.

Definitions of concoct

1. verb

   make a concoction (of) by mixing
   type of:

   amalgamate, commix, mingle, mix, unify

   bring or combine together or with something else
2. verb

   prepare or cook by mixing ingredients
   “concoct a strange mixture”

   synonyms: cook up

   type of:

   cook, fix, make, prepare, ready

   prepare for eating by applying heat
3. verb

   invent
   synonyms: trump up

   type of:

   cook up, fabricate, fabulate, invent, make up, manufacture

   make up something artificial or untrue
4. verb

   devise or invent
   synonyms: dream up, hatch, think of, think up

   types:

   idealise, idealize

   form ideals

   cook up, fabricate, fabulate, invent, make up, manufacture

   make up something artificial or untrue

   mythologise, mythologize

   construct a myth

   confabulate

   unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory

   trump up

   invent

   spin

   make up a story

   vamp, vamp up

   make up

   type of:

   create by mental act, create mentally

   create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands