decoct
verb/dɪˈkɒkt/UK/dəˈkɑkt/US
Etymology
From Latin dēcoquō (“to boil down”), from dē- + coquō (“to cook”).
- derived from dēcoquō
Definitions
To make an infusion.
To reduce, or concentrate by boiling down.
To heat as if by boiling.
- Can ſodden Water, / A Drench for ſur-reyn’d Iades, their Barly broth, / Decoct their cold blood to ſuch valiant heat?
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To reduce or diminish.
- […] and that rednesse / may neuere tournë to whiteness / (as clerkës sayn,) but yef so be / it be decoct by charyte, […]
To digest in the stomach.
- Here ſhe [the body] attracts, and there ſhe doth retain; / There ſhe decocts, and doth the food prepare; / There ſhe diſtributes it to ev’ry vein, / There ſhe expels what ſhe may fitly ſpare.
To devise.
The neighborhood
- neighbordecoction
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for decoct. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA