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Webster 1913 Edition


Recoct

Re-coct′

(rē̍-kŏkt′)
,
Verb.
T.
[L.
recoctus
, p. p. of
recoquere
to cook or boil over again. See
Re-
, and 4th
Cook
.]
To boil or cook again; hence, to make over; to vamp up; to reconstruct.
[Obs.]
Jer. Taylor.

Webster 1828 Edition


Recoct

RECOCT'

,
Adj.
[L. recoctus, recoquo.] New vamped. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


recoct

recoct

English

Verb

recoct (third-person singular simple present recocts, present participle recocting, simple past and past participle recocted)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To boil or cook again.
  2. (obsolete, transitive, by extension) To make over; to revamp or reconstruct.
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