Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

decoct

/dəˈkɑkt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-coct
IPA: /dəˈkɑkt/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make an infusion.

verb

To reduce, or concentrate by boiling down.

verb

To heat as if by boiling.

verb

To reduce or diminish.

verb

To digest in the stomach.

verb

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Her ambition had hitherto been confined to being the best of wives,—so she scolded the servants—opened no book but her book of receipts—made soup without meat—decocted cowslips, parsneps, currants, and gooseberries, which, if not good wine, were very tolerable vinegar"
"Can ſodden Water, / A Drench for ſur-reyn’d Iades, their Barly broth, / Decoct their cold blood to ſuch valiant heat?"
"[…] and that rednesse / may neuere tournë to whiteness / (as clerkës sayn,) but yef so be / it be decoct by charyte, […]"
"Here ſhe [the body] attracts, and there ſhe doth retain; / There ſhe decocts, and doth the food prepare; / There ſhe diſtributes it to ev’ry vein, / There ſhe expels what ſhe may fitly ſpare."

Etymology

From Latin dēcoquō (“to boil down”), from dē- + coquō (“to cook”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: *pekʷ-, dēcoquō

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /dəˈkɑkt/
British English: /dɪˈkɒkt/

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

decocts (present, singular) decocting (participle, present) decocted (participle, past) decocted (past)

Derived Forms

decoctible decoctive undecocted

Frequently Paired Words

decoction

Synonyms

boil down reduce concentrate

Rhymes With

locked blocked shocked knocked unlocked cocked concoct pocked crocked

Questions

How do you pronounce decoct?: The recorded pronunciation is /dəˈkɑkt/.
What does decoct mean?: To make an infusion.
Where does decoct come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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