v. t. | 1. | To digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition. |
2. | To purify or refine chemically. | |
3. | To prepare from crude materials, as food; to invent or prepare by combining different ingredients; | |
4. | To digest in the mind; to devise; to make up; to contrive; to plan; to plot. | |
5. | To mature or perfect; to ripen. |
Verb | 1. | concoct - make a concoction (of) by mixing |
2. | concoct - prepare or cook by mixing ingredients; "concoct a strange mixture" Synonyms: cook up | |
3. | concoct - of charges Synonyms: trump up | |
4. | concoct - devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software" |