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Decoct v. t. (past & past part. decocted; pres. part. decocting)

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.

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

To warm, strengthen, or invigorate, as if by boiling. (R.) "Decoct their cold blood."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Decoct" Quotes from Famous Books

... was saying, is the key of my cell, where I decoct the liquor for which this house is famous. Of our present stock the bulk lies in the cellars, to which this"—and he held up yet another key—"will admit you. Yes, that is it," as one of the pirates produced a bottle and held ...

— The Laird's Luck • Arthur Quiller-Couch

... of the cornus femina, or wild cornel; which is like the former for compactedness, and made use of for cart-timber, and other rustick instruments; besides, for the best of butchers skewers, tooth-pickers, and in some countries abroad they decoct the berries, which press'd, yield an ...

— Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) - Or A Discourse of Forest Trees • John Evelyn

Words linked to "Decoct" : decrease, boil, boil down, cookery, reduce, diminish, infuse