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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. extract the essence of something by boiling it;

2. be cooked until very little liquid is left;
- Example: "The sauce should reduce to one cup"
[syn: boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrate]

3. steep in hot water;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Decoct \De*coct"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decocted; p. pr. & vb. n. Decocting.] [L. decoctus, p. p. of decoquere to boil down; de- + coquere to cook, boil. See Cook to 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To prepare by the heat of the stomach for assimilation; to digest; to concoct. [1913 Webster] 3. To warm, strengthen, or invigorate, as if by boiling. [R.] "Decoct their cold blood." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

decoct v 1: extract the essence of something by boiling it 2: be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup" [syn: boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrate] 3: steep in hot water