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1. To prepare by boiling; to digest in hot or boiling water; to extract the strength or flavour 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.
(01 Mar 1998)
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