CONCOCT


Meaning of CONCOCT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kənkɒkt ]

( concocts, concocting, concocted)

1.

If you concoct an excuse or explanation, you invent one that is not true.

Mr Ferguson said the prisoner concocted the story to get a lighter sentence.

VERB : V n

2.

If you concoct something, especially something unusual, you make it by mixing several things together.

Eugene was concocting Rossini Cocktails from champagne and pureed raspberries.

VERB : V n

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