"decoct" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /dɪˈkɒkt/ [UK], /dəˈkɑkt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-decoct.wav [Southern-England] Forms: decocts [present, singular, third-person], decocting [participle, present], decocted [participle, past], decocted [past]
Etymology: From Latin decoquō (“I boil down”), from de- + coquō (“I cook”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pekʷ-}}, {{der|en|la|decoquō||I boil down}} Latin decoquō (“I boil down”), {{m|la|de-}} de-, {{m|la|coquō||I cook}} coquō (“I cook”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} decoct (third-person singular simple present decocts, present participle decocting, simple past and past participle decocted)
  1. (cooking) To make an infusion. Categories (topical): Cooking
    Sense id: en-decoct-en-verb-~jpljJBb Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
  2. (cooking) To reduce, or concentrate by boiling down. Categories (topical): Cooking
    Sense id: en-decoct-en-verb-IALQKu7k Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 73 5 7 7 3 Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
  3. (figurative) To heat as if by boiling. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-decoct-en-verb-xd9JEE9w
  4. (figurative) To reduce or diminish. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-decoct-en-verb-Z0J6T1vP
  5. To digest in the stomach.
    Sense id: en-decoct-en-verb-U8miO4PF
  6. (transitive) To devise. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-decoct-en-verb-eLo7Uxxq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: decoction

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