con|coc´tor

con|coc´tor
con|coct «kon KOKT, kuhn-», transitive verb.
1. to prepare (food or drink) by mixing a variety of ingredients: »

He concocted a drink made of the juices of different fruits and vegetables.

2. Figurative. to make up; devise: »

He concocted an excuse to explain why he came late to school.

SYNONYM(S): fabricate, contrive.
3. Obsolete. to prepare with heat, as by cooking, boiling, or baking.
4. Obsolete. to digest.
[< Latin concoctus, past participle of concoquere digest, ripen; heat together < com- together + coquere cook]
con|coct´er,
con|coc´tor, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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