decoct

== English == === Etymology === From Latin dēcoquō (“to boil down”), from dē- + coquō (“to cook”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈkɒkt/ (General American) IPA(key): /dəˈkɑkt/ Rhymes: -ɒkt === Verb === decoct (third-person singular simple present decocts, present participle decocting, simple past and past participle decocted) (cooking) To make an infusion. (cooking) To reduce, or concentrate by boiling down. (figurative) To heat as if by boiling. (figurative) To reduce or diminish. To digest in the stomach. (transitive) To devise. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== decoction