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Decoct   Listen
verb
Decoct  v. t.  (past & past part. decocted; pres. part. decocting)  
1.
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.
2.
To prepare by the heat of the stomach for assimilation; to digest; to concoct.
3.
To warm, strengthen, or invigorate, as if by boiling. (R.) "Decoct their cold blood."





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