Decoct

[di'kɒkt]

Definition

(verb.) steep in hot water.

(verb.) extract the essence of something by boiling it.

Edited by Bertram--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To prepare by the heat of the stomach for assimilation; to digest; to concoct.

(v. t.) To warm, strengthen, or invigorate, as if by boiling.

Inputed by Cornelia

Definition

v.t. to prepare by boiling: to extract the substance of by boiling: to boil: to devise.—adjs. Decoc′tible Decoc′tive.—ns. Decoc′tion an extract of anything got by boiling; Decoc′ture a substance prepared by decoction.

Checker: Wilbur