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Webster 1913 Edition
Decoct
De-coct′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Decocted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Decocting
.] 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.