decoct
(verb) steep in hot water
decoct
(verb) extract the essence of something by boiling it
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
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
24 January 2025
(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; “the political ferment produced new leadership”; “social unrest”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
