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parboil

verb

Etymology

From Middle English parboyle, from Old French parbouillir (“to boil thoroughly”), from Medieval Latin perbulliō, from Latin per (“thoroughly”) + bulliō (“to boil”). Sense “to boil partially” (c.1440), rather than original “to boil thoroughly” is by corruption: associating the prefix with part (from Latin pars (“part”)) rather than per.

  1. derived from per
  2. derived from perbulliō
  3. derived from parbouillir
  4. inherited from parboyle

Definitions

  1. To boil food briefly so that it is partly cooked.

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