Decoct

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To extract the flavor of by boiling.
  • v. To make concentrated; boil down.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To make an infusion
  • v. To reduce, or concentrate by boiling down
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. 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. To prepare by the heat of the stomach for assimilation; to digest; to concoct.
  • v. To warm, strengthen, or invigorate, as if by boiling.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To prepare by boiling; digest in hot or boiling water; extract the strength or flavor of by boiling.
  • To digest in the stomach.
  • To warm as if by boiling; heat up; excite.
  • To concoct; devise.
  • Cooked; digested.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. steep in hot water
  • v. be cooked until very little liquid is left
  • v. extract the essence of something by boiling it
  • Verb Form
    decocted    decocting    decocts   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    infuse    steep    diminish    fall    lessen    decrease    boil   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    digest    concoct