Decoct

from 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

from 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.
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   2. To prepare by the heat of the stomach for assimilation; to
      digest; to concoct.
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   3. To warm, strengthen, or invigorate, as if by boiling. [R.]
      "Decoct their cold blood." --Shak.
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