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Webster 1913 Edition

Parboil

Par′boilˊ

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Parboiled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Parboiling
.]
[OE.
parboilen
, OF.
parbouillir
to cook well;
par
through (see
Par
) +
bouillir
to boil, L.
bullire
. The sense has been influenced by E.
part
. See 1st
Boil
.]
1.
To boil or cook thoroughly.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.
2.
To boil in part; to cook partially by boiling.

Webster 1828 Edition

Parboil

P`ARBOIL

, v.t.
1.
To boil in part; to boil in a moderate degree.
2.
To cause little pustules or pushes on the skin by means of heat; as parboiled wretches.

Definition 2024

parboil

parboil

English

Verb

parboil ‎(third-person singular simple present parboils, present participle parboiling, simple past and past participle parboiled)

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

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References

  1. ↑ “parboil” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

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Etymology

From Old French parbouillir ‎(“to boil thoroughly”), from Medieval Latin perbulliō, from Latin per ‎(“thoroughly”) + bulliō ‎(“I 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]

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