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concoct verb [ kənˈkɒkt ]

• make (a dish or meal) by combining various ingredients.
• "she began to concoct a dinner likely to appeal to him"
Similar: prepare, make, put together, assemble, cook, fix, rustle up, knock up,
Origin: mid 16th century: from Latin concoct-, literally ‘cooked together’, from concoquere . The original sense was ‘refine metals or minerals by heating’, later ‘cook’.


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