Decoct (verb)
dee-kokt
Extract the essence from (something) by heating or boiling it.
Late Middle English (in the sense ‘cook, heat up’): from Latin decoct- ‘boiled down’, from the verb decoquere, from de- ‘down’ + coquere ‘cook’.
Example sentences
“You’ll need to first decoct them in boiling water.”
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