| decoct | 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. "Decoct their cold blood." Origin: L. Decoctus, p. P. Of decoquere to boil down; de- + coquere to cook, boil. See Cook to decoct. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| decoction | 1. The act or process of boiling anything in a watery fluid to extract its virtues. "In decoction . . . It either purgeth at the top or settleth at the bottom." (Bacon) 2. An extract got from a body by boiling it in water. "If the plant be boiled in water, the strained liquor is called the decoction of the plant." (Arbuthnot) "In pharmacy decoction is opposed to infusion, where there is merely steeping." (Latham) Origin: F. Decoction, L. Decoctio. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |