Meaning of DECOCT
| Pronunciation: | | di'kâkt
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- [v] steep in hot water
- [v] be cooked until very little is left; as of sauces; "The sauce should reduce to one cup"
- [v] extract the essence of something by boiling it
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| | Synonyms: | | boil down, concentrate, reduce |
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| | See Also: | | boil, decrease, diminish, fall, infuse, lessen, steep | |
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| | Definition: | | \De*coct"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decocted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Decocting}.] [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.
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