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# concoct

«concoct» in Mova's school dictionary: **To mix ingredients together to make a drink, potion or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (concoct, concocts, concocted, concocting)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «concoct» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concoct/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.