Definition of decocts Decocts
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What does decocts mean?
Part of speech
🔤- decocts, verb, present, 3rd person singular of decoct (infinitive).
WordNet
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| decoct - extract the essence of something by boiling it | ||
| boil immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes; "boil potatoes"; "boil wool" | ||
| decoct - steep in hot water | ||
| steep, infuse let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse; "steep the blossoms in oil"; "steep the fruit in alcohol" | ||
| decoct - be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup" | ||
| boil down, reduce, concentrate | ||
| decrease, diminish, lessen, fall decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" | ||
| cookery, cooking, preparation the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- decoct (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. - decoct (v. t.)
To prepare by the heat of the stomach for assimilation; to digest; to concoct. - decoct (v. t.)
To warm, strengthen, or invigorate, as if by boiling.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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decoct
de-kokt′, 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. [L. decoquĕre, decoctum—de, down, coquĕre, to cook.]
Part of speech
🔤- decoct, verb, present, 1st person singular of decoct (infinitive).
- decoct, verb (infinitive).
