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
vb. (present participle of concoct English)
Usage examples of "concocting".
But at present I am engaged in a project of far greater importance than the concocting of alcoholic libations for overweening humans.
Then in short order, she demonstrated the art of concocting a fish stew from the herbs, a handful of rice, and chunks of what cooked into edible root vegetables.
I've some experience in healing and concocting all kinds of medicines from herbs, roots, and tubers.
Zenor said suddenly as though actually remembering and not rapidly concocting a lie.
It is much more important, you see, than measuring nutrient levels and concocting chemical formulae for the annihilation of borer beetles.
Show me that brain of yours, wherever it is, is capable of concocting more than just feral threats.
It is much more important, you see, than mea-suring nutrient levels and concocting chemical formulae for the annihilation of borer beetles.
She is so wrapped up in concocting her fairy stories that she ignores us when we are not under her direct control.
He was already addicted to certain delightful follies: a passion for concocting rare dishes for his friends, an exquisite mania for arranging flowers, a wild love of travesty, and also of gambling.