decoct
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de·coct
(dĭ-kŏkt′)tr.v. de·coct·ed, de·coct·ing, de·cocts
1. To extract the flavor of by boiling.
2. To make concentrated; boil down.
[Middle English decocten, to boil, from Latin dēcoquere, dēcoct-, to boil down or away : dē-, de- + coquere, to boil, to cook; see pekw- in Indo-European roots.]
de·coc′tion n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
decoct
(dɪˈkɒkt)vb
(Pharmacology) to extract (the essence or active principle) from (a medicinal or similar substance) by boiling
[C15: see decoction]
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de•coct
(dɪˈkɒkt)v.t.
to extract the flavor or essence of by boiling.
[1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin dēcoctus, past participle of dēcoquere to boil down]
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decoct
Past participle: decocted
Gerund: decocting
| Imperative |
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| decoct |
| decoct |
| Present |
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| I decoct |
| you decoct |
| he/she/it decocts |
| we decoct |
| you decoct |
| they decoct |
| Preterite |
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| I decocted |
| you decocted |
| he/she/it decocted |
| we decocted |
| you decocted |
| they decocted |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am decocting |
| you are decocting |
| he/she/it is decocting |
| we are decocting |
| you are decocting |
| they are decocting |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have decocted |
| you have decocted |
| he/she/it has decocted |
| we have decocted |
| you have decocted |
| they have decocted |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was decocting |
| you were decocting |
| he/she/it was decocting |
| we were decocting |
| you were decocting |
| they were decocting |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had decocted |
| you had decocted |
| he/she/it had decocted |
| we had decocted |
| you had decocted |
| they had decocted |
| Future |
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| I will decoct |
| you will decoct |
| he/she/it will decoct |
| we will decoct |
| you will decoct |
| they will decoct |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have decocted |
| you will have decocted |
| he/she/it will have decocted |
| we will have decocted |
| you will have decocted |
| they will have decocted |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be decocting |
| you will be decocting |
| he/she/it will be decocting |
| we will be decocting |
| you will be decocting |
| they will be decocting |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been decocting |
| you have been decocting |
| he/she/it has been decocting |
| we have been decocting |
| you have been decocting |
| they have been decocting |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been decocting |
| you will have been decocting |
| he/she/it will have been decocting |
| we will have been decocting |
| you will have been decocting |
| they will have been decocting |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been decocting |
| you had been decocting |
| he/she/it had been decocting |
| we had been decocting |
| you had been decocting |
| they had been decocting |
| Conditional |
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| I would decoct |
| you would decoct |
| he/she/it would decoct |
| we would decoct |
| you would decoct |
| they would decoct |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have decocted |
| you would have decocted |
| he/she/it would have decocted |
| we would have decocted |
| you would have decocted |
| they would have decocted |
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Verb 1. decoct - extract the essence of something by boiling it
2. decoct - be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup"
cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
3. decoct - steep in hot water
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