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Decoct

verb
(past & past part. decocted; pres. part. decocting)
1.
Extract the essence of something by boiling it.
2.
Be cooked until very little liquid is left.  Synonyms: boil down, concentrate, reduce.
3.
Steep in hot water.



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"Decoct" Quotes from Famous Books



... was saying, is the key of my cell, where I decoct the liquor for which this house is famous. Of our present stock the bulk lies in the cellars, to which this"—and he held up yet another key—"will admit you. Yes, that is it," as one of the pirates produced a bottle and held ...
— The Laird's Luck • Arthur Quiller-Couch
... of the cornus femina, or wild cornel; which is like the former for compactedness, and made use of for cart-timber, and other rustick instruments; besides, for the best of butchers skewers, tooth-pickers, and in some countries abroad they decoct the berries, which press'd, yield an ...
— Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) - Or A Discourse of Forest Trees • John Evelyn


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