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verb

Concoct v. t. (past & past part. concocted; pres. part. concocting)

To digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition. (Obs.) "Food is concocted, the heart beats, the blood circulates."

To purify or refine chemically. (Obs.)

To prepare from crude materials, as food; to invent or prepare by combining different ingredients; as, to concoct a new dish or beverage.

To digest in the mind; to devise; to make up; to contrive; to plan; to plot. "He was a man of a feeble stomach, unable to concoct any great fortune."

To mature or perfect; to ripen. (Obs.)

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"Concoct" Quotes from Famous Books

... —I concoct no intrigue. And when that does occur; when my feelings of respect, of esteem, of friendship for a young person endowed with virtues and graces, change into a sweeter feeling: at all events, if my position compels me to conceal my inclinations from the world, I shall have no need to blush for them ...

— The Grip of Desire • Hector France

... At once we turned our faces to the land scheme. Very sketchy; how could it be otherwise? On the German system plans for a landing on Gallipoli would have been in my pocket, up-to-date and worked out to a ball cartridge and a pail of water. By the British system (?) I have been obliged to concoct my own plans in a brace of shakes almost under fire. Strategically and tactically our method may have its merits, for though it piles everything on to one man, the Commander, yet he is the chap who has got to see it through. But, in ...

— Gallipoli Diary, Volume I • Ian Hamilton

... Martin's conscience was both tough and elastic,—but solely because he was a coward, and had a wholesome dread of the law. But Smith set before him the advantages which would accrue to him personally, in so attractive a manner, that at length he consented, and the two began at once to concoct arrangements for successfully carrying out the little ...

— Rufus and Rose - The Fortunes of Rough and Ready • Horatio Alger, Jr

... to have to concoct lies, but it would be more dreadful to have to spend another night ...

— The Toys of Peace • Saki

... think so too," returned the magician; "lucky for me they didn't, or I could not have made the nice omelet I'm about to concoct." ...

— Two Little Women • Carolyn Wells

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