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con•coct
Pronunciation: (kon-kokt', kun-), [key]—
v.t.
1. to prepare or make by combining ingredients, esp. in cookery:
to concoct a meal from leftovers.
2. to devise; make up; contrive:
to concoct an excuse. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.