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† deconˈcoct, v. Obs. rare.
[f. de- I. 3 or 5 + concoct v.]
According to earlier physiological notions: To reduce (imperfectly concocted humours or ill digested food) by further digestion: cf. crudity 2. (In quot. fig.)
1655Fuller Ch. Hist. vi. i. 267, I doubt not but since these Benedictines have had their crudities deconcocted, and have been drawn out into more slender threds of sub⁓divisions. |