Crossword clues for concocted
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Concoct \Con*coct"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Concocted; p. pr. & vb. n. Concocting.] [L. concoctus, p. p. of concoquere to cook together, to digest, mature; con- + coquere to cook. See Cook.]
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To digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition. [Obs.]
Food is concocted, the heart beats, the blood circulates.
--Cheyne. To purify or refine chemically. [Obs.]
--Thomson.To prepare from crude materials, as food; to invent or prepare by combining different ingredients; as, to concoct a new dish or beverage.
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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. To mature or perfect; to ripen. [Obs.]
--Bacon.
Wiktionary
invented, made up v
(en-past of: concoct)
Usage examples of "concocted".
The Lord of Auckney had thought Wulfgar the father, for Meralda had concocted a lie to protect the man's honor, claiming that she had been raped on the road.
Two hours later, during a strawberry and ice cream flambo, especially concocted by Pitt and an agreeable chef, Kirsti began to make apologies for an early departure.
It had to be the poorest excuse for an arsenal ever concocted, he mused.
When it had become certain that the girl would survive, they had concocted a scheme to find her a new profession.
I don't suppose you gave any thought to my peace of mind when you concocted this plan.
Shouts of the various dwarven recipes the verbeegs had concocted - "Dwarf o' the Apple" and "Bearded, Basted, an' Baked" to name two - rang out to overwhelming hoots of approval.
When he and Drizzt had concocted plans to use political situations and the power of the ruby to force the towns into unity against the barbarians, they had spent many hours predicting the initial responses of the spokesmen and weighing the worth of each town's alliance.
Then Bruenor returned arid even the mighty images the friends' minds had concocted fell short of the sight before them.
Not wanting to let on that he was human, and possibly hinder the credibility of whatever story Drizzt had concocted, he hitched his cloak up over his face.
Masoj rubbed his hands together, thinking himself marvelous for having concocted such a devious and ironic end to the heroics of Drizzt Do'Urden "I have a job for you.
The quick-thinking halfling immediately concocted a ruse about Catti-brie having run off to Silverymoon in search of Drizzt It wouldn't be a complete lie, after all.
Had the mercenary concocted this elaborate plan for no better reason than to deliver Catti-brie to House Baenre?
But Valric, likely not wanting to face Jerek with the horrid news, had somehow manipulated the truth, had concocted a story that would keep Jerek in check.
One slip, one inadvertent noise, would wake the giant, and he doubted any of the feeble explanations he'd concocted would save him then.
It was all a lie, friendship, all a facade concocted by that so very human and ultimately childish need for security, to wrap oneself in false hopes.