Concoct

v. t.	1.	To digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition. [imp. & p. p. Concocted; p. pr. & vb. n. Concocting.] Food is concocted, the heart beats, the blood circulates. - Cheyne.
	2.	To purify or refine chemically.
	3.	To prepare from crude materials, as food; to invent or prepare by combining different ingredients; as, to concoct a new dish or beverage.
	4.	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. - Hayward.
	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" Synonyms: dream up, think up, hatch, think of

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