concoct

1. (figurative) To contrive something using skill or ingenuity.Examples: "to concoct a cunning plan"; "On the other hand, the finest argument ever concocted, the concentrated wisdom drawn from men and books, will fail to charm, like the hilarity of a dance, or the splendour of a gala, the young, gay girl, whose spirits are exuberant, and whose heart is untouched by care, and who, a dozen years afterwards, would, in calm cheerfulness, listen lovingly, and examine carefully, the pleaded reasons offered to her judgment."; "He had two beautiful daughters who fell in love with men he approved of and he wanted to give them the most lavish double wedding he could concoct."Synonyms: contrive, plot, schemefiguratively

2. (obsolete) To digest.Examples: "For the parts of an Embryo are nourished and encreased before it hath a Stomach to concoct any thing, and yet in a perfect Fœtus none can deny that the Stomach does concoct […]"obsolete