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decoct

Pronunciation: /dɪˈkɒkt/

The English word “decoct” has 6 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To make an infusion.
  2. To reduce, or concentrate by boiling down.
  3. To heat as if by boiling.
  4. To reduce or diminish.
  5. To digest in the stomach.
  6. To devise.

Etymology

From Latin dēcoquō (“to boil down”), from dē- + coquō (“to cook”).

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