concoct

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb make a concoction (of) by mixing
  2. verb prepare or cook by mixing ingredients
  3. verb invent

Etymology

From Latin concoquō (“boil, prepare, digest”) (influenced by the participle concoctus), from con- (“together”) + coquō (“cook”).

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