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# concoct

verb (concoct, concocts, concocted, concocting)

«concoct» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To mix ingredients together to make a drink, potion or dish, often a strange one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concoct/#m1)
2. To invent a plan, story or excuse, often a false one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concoct/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales, a clever or sly person makes up a plot, or a witch mixes a potion

### Examples

- The witch concocted a potion in her pot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concoct/#x1)
- Iktomi concocted a clever plot to trick the animals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concoct/#x2)
- They concocted a silly excuse for being late. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concoct/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «concoct» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concoct/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«concoct» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/concoct.html) on Mova free.