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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Decoct \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.
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2. To prepare by the heat of the stomach for assimilation; to
digest; to concoct.
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3. To warm, strengthen, or invigorate, as if by boiling. [R.]
``Decoct their cold blood.'' --Shak.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Decoct \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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
decoct
v 1: extract the essence of something by boiling it
2: be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce
should reduce to one cup" [syn: boil down, reduce, concentrate]
3: steep in hot water
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
decoct
vb.
1 (lb en cooking) To make an infusion.
2 (lb en cooking) To reduce, or concentrate by boil down.
3 (lb en figurative) To heat as if by boiling.
4 (lb en figurative) To reduce or diminish.
5 To digest in the stomach.
6 (lb en transitive) To devise. <!--Chambers 1908-->
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
decoct
vb.
1 (lb en cooking) To make an infusion.
2 (lb en cooking) To reduce, or concentrate by boil down.
3 (lb en figurative) To heat as if by boiling.
4 (lb en figurative) To reduce or diminish.
5 To digest in the stomach.
6 (lb en transitive) To devise. <!--Chambers 1908-->
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
decoct
vb.
1 (lb en cooking) To make an infusion.
2 (lb en cooking) To reduce, or concentrate by boil down.
3 (lb en figurative) To heat as if by boiling.
4 (lb en figurative) To reduce or diminish.
5 To digest in the stomach.
6 (lb en transitive) To devise. <!--Chambers 1908-->
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
decoct
vb.
1 (lb en cooking) To make an infusion.
2 (lb en cooking) To reduce, or concentrate by boil down.
3 (lb en figurative) To heat as if by boiling.
4 (lb en figurative) To reduce or diminish.
5 To digest in the stomach.
6 (lb en transitive) To devise. <!--Chambers 1908-->
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
decoct /dɪkˈɒkt/
odvar
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
decoct /dɪkˈɒkt/
svařit
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
decoct /dɪkˈɒkt/
vyvařit
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
decoct /dɪkˈɒkt/
1. kaynatarak özünü elde etmek. decoction kaynatma
2. bir şeyi kaynatarak elde edilen öz.
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
v. 熬,煎;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
vt. 熬,煎
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