From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cook \Cook\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cooked (k[oo^]kt); p. pr &
vb. n. Cooking.]
1. To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking,
broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency
of fire or heat.
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2. To concoct or prepare; hence, to tamper with or alter; to
garble; -- often with up; as, to cook up a story; to cook
an account. [Colloq.]
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They all of them receive the same advices from
abroad, and very often in the same words; but their
way of cooking it is so different. --Addison.
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