De-cōct', v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. DECOCTED; p. pr. & vb. n. DECOCTING.] [Lat. decoquere, decoctum, from de and coquere, to cook, to boil.]

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.
2. To prepare for assimilation by the heat of the stomach; to digest.
3. To warm, strengthen, or invigorate, as if by boiling. [Rare.] “Decoct their cold blood.” Shak.