Definition of "decoct" []

• To extract the flavor of by boiling. (verb-transitive)
• To make concentrated; boil down. (verb-transitive)

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• "Pao-yü, on one hand, hastened to direct a servant to go and decoct them, and, on the other, he heaved a sigh."
• "After 15 minutes, decoct one-third of the mash, bringing it slowly to a boil over 20 to 25 minutes."
• "And to say the truth, remembering that Dr. Swinnerton himself never appeared to triturate or decoct or do anything else with the mysterious herbs, our old friend was inclined to imagine the weighty commendation of their virtues to have been the idly solemn utterance of mental aberration at the hour of death."