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Word of the Day – Decoct

By September 16, 2018Word of the Day

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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