DECOCT

decoct

(verb) steep in hot water

decoct

(verb) extract the essence of something by boiling it

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

decoct (third-person singular simple present decocts, present participle decocting, simple past and past participle decocted)

(cooking) To make an infusion.

(cooking) To reduce, or concentrate by boiling down.

(figurative) To heat as if by boiling.

(figurative) To reduce or diminish.

To digest in the stomach.

(transitive) To devise.

Source: Wiktionary

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De*coct", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decocted; p. pr. & vb. n. Decocting.] Etym: [L. decoctus, p. p. of decoquere to boil down; de- + coquere to cook, boil. See Cook to decoct.]

1. To prepare by boiling; to digest in hot or boiling water; to extract the strength or flavor of by boiling; to make an infusion of.

2. To prepare by the heat of the stomach for assimilation; to digest; to concoct.

3. To warm, strengthen, or invigorate, as if by boiling. [R.] "Decoct their cold blood." Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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