Decoct Definition

dĭ-kŏkt
decocts
verb
To extract the essence, flavor, etc. of by boiling.
Webster's New World
To make concentrated; boil down.
American Heritage

(cooking) To make an infusion.

Wiktionary

(cooking) To reduce, or concentrate by boiling down.

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Origin of Decoct

  • Middle English decocten to boil from Latin dēcoquere dēcoct- to boil down or away dē- de- coquere to boil, to cook pekw- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old French, from Latin decoquō (“I boil down”), from de- + coquō.

    From Wiktionary

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Words Starting With

DDEDEC

Words Ending With

TCTOCT

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decoct

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