decoct
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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Etymology
Origin of decoct
1375–1425; late Middle English decocten < Latin dēcoctus boiled down; see decoction
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Pao-yü, on one hand, hastened to direct a servant to go and decoct them, and, on the other, he heaved a sigh.
From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by H. Bencraft Joly
To take a cathart. powder every 4th morning, continuing the decoct.
From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by William Withering
This, as I was saying, is the key of my cell, where I decoct the liquor for which this house is famous.
From The Laird's Luck and Other Fireside Tales by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Thou hast taught him a secret, kinsman," said Giles Gosling, "to decoct, an that be the word, his pound into a penny and his webs into a thread.—Take a fool's advice, neighbour Goldthred.
From Kenilworth by Sir Walter Scott
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