'Decoct' definitions:
Definition of 'decoct'
From: WordNet
verb
Extract the essence of something by boiling it
verb
Be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup" [syn: boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrate]
verb
Steep in hot water
Definition of 'Decoct'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To prepare by the heat of the stomach for assimilation; to digest; to concoct. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To warm, strengthen, or invigorate, as if by boiling. [R.] "Decoct their cold blood." --Shak. [1913 Webster]