† decoctadj.

Etymology: < Latin dēcoctus, past participle of dēcoquĕre to boil down or away. In earlier use, both as participle and adjective, than decoct v., after the introduction of which this continued for some time as its past participle, till gradually superseded by the regular decocted.

Obsolete.

1. Decocted; subjected to heat; digested, etc.: see the verb.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > [adjective] > subjected to heat or fire

decoctc1420

concoct1534

well-burnt1548

burnt1661

heat-treated1946

the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of dissolving > [adjective] > dissolved

resolute?a1425

relented?1440

decoct1540

decocted?c1599

solved1662

dissolved1707

solute1890

the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > [adjective] > digested

digesta1398

concoct1534

decoct1541

well-digesteda1594

digested1611

concocted1647

subacted1822

c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 650 Puls decoct and colde.

1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. rr.i The hete of thy charyte, wherby we may be decocte & made harde as stones.

1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. f. xxxiii^v Wyne in whiche is decoct motherwort.

1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 9 a Matter decocte or boyled in the stomacke.

1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ iii. xxii. 434 The root decoct in water purgeth Flegm and Choller.

2. Bankrupt. [Latin dēcoquĕre to run through one's estate, become bankrupt.]

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > [adjective] > going bankrupt > bankrupt

decoct1529

bankrupt1565

bankruptlike1625

cracked1632

bursten1638

bankrupted1649

crazy1700

crazed1732

busted1836

quisby1853

sold-out1859

bung1948

bust1964

1529 T. Wolsey To Ambassadors at Rome (Vitell. B.xi) f. 83 The banker of Venice, to whom ye wer assigned by Anthony Viualde for viij^m ducates is decoct.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

decoctv.

/dɪˈkɒkt/

Etymology: < decoct adj. or Latin dēcoct-, participial stem of dēcoquĕre to boil down or away, < de- prefix 1c(b) + coquĕre to boil, cook.

†1. To boil down or away; to concentrate by boiling. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] > boil down

defervec1420

decocta1552

to boil down1845

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > action of boiling > boil or cause to boil [verb (transitive)] > reduce by boiling

defervec1420

decocta1552

to boil down1845

a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) IV. 87 The Wychmen use the Commodity of their Sault Springes in drawinge and decocting the Water of them onely by 6. Monthes in the Yeare.

1613 G. E. in Vicary's English Mans Treasure (new ed.) 177 Let all these be decocted to the forme of a Syrope.

1620 T. Venner Via Recta vi. 105 This being the third time diluted, and decocted.

figurative.a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 5 A Proverb is much matter decocted into few words.

†2. figurative. To diminish, consume, waste. Obsolete. [So Latin dēcoquĕre.]

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)]

littleeOE

anitherOE

wanzelOE

lessc1225

slakea1300

littenc1300

aslakec1314

adminisha1325

allayc1330

settle1338

low1340

minisha1382

reprovea1382

abatea1398

rebatea1398

subtlea1398

alaskia1400

forlyten?a1400

imminish14..

lessenc1410

diminish1417

repress?a1425

assuagec1430

scarcec1440

small1440

underslakec1440

alessa1450

debate?c1450

batec1460

decreasec1470

appetisse1474

alow1494

mince1499

perswage?1504

remita1513

inless?1521

attenuate1530

weaken1530

defray1532

mitigate1532

minorate1534

narrow?1548

diminuec1550

extenuate1555

amain1578

exolve1578

base1581

dejecta1586

amoinder1588

faint1598

qualify1604

contract1605

to pull down1607

shrivel1609

to take down1610

disaugment1611

impoverish1611

shrink1628

decoct1629

persway1631

unflame1635

straiten1645

depress1647

reduce1649

detract1654

minuate1657

alloy1661

lower?1662

sinka1684

retreat1690

nip1785

to drive down1840

minify1866

to knock down1867

to damp down1869

scale1887

mute1891

clip1938

to roll back1942

to cut back1943

downscale1945

downrate1958

slim1963

downshift1972

the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > squander [verb (transitive)]

forspendc893

scatter1154

dispend1303

waste1340

misspendc1390

miswastec1400

consumec1425

waste1474

profund1527

lasha1535

prodige1538

lavish1542

to play away1562

riot1566

embezzle1578

dilapidate1590

squander1593

confound1598

to make ducks and drakes of or withc1600

prodigalize1611

profuse1611

squander1611

paddle1616

bezzle1617

to run out of ——1622

to piss away1628

prodigal1628

decoct1629

to bangle (away)1632

debauch1632

deboise1632

to fribble away1633

to fool out1635

to run outa1640

to fiddle away1667

slattera1681

dissipate1682

to play off1693

duck-and-drake1700

liquidate1702

sparkle away1703

waster1821

befool1861

to frivol away1866

to play (at) duck and drake with1872

to fling away1873

mislive1887

slather1904

mucker1928

profligate1938

peter1956

spaff2002

1629 N. Carpenter Achitophel iii. 54 To haue decocted his fortunes and an ancient family.

1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 130 Had he wasted and decocted his Treasure in luxury and riot.

a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 496 When the predominant vanities of the Age are somewhat decocted.

†3.

a. To prepare as food by the agency of fire; to boil, cook. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > cook [verb (transitive)] > boil

seethec1000

boilc1405

decoctc1420

upboilc1440

play?c1450

coct1607

c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 650 Puls decoct and colde.

1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. Cxxviii^v As the fyer doth decocte the meat and the broth in the pot, so dothe the lyuer vnder the stomake dothe decocte the meat in mans body.

1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. ii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. K^v Flesh is decocted at the fire on a spit.

†b. transferred. To warm up, as in cooking. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V iii. v. 20 Can..sodden water decockt such liuely blood?

†4. To digest in the stomach. (Regarded as a kind of cooking; cf. concoct v. 4) Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > digest [verb (transitive)]

seetheOE

defy1362

fyc1390

brookc1400

convertc1400

enduec1430

sleep1481

digest1483

concoct1533

decoct1541

diger?1541

confect1578

coque1615

concorporate1656

coct1662

swage1768

stomach1822

digerate-

1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 9 a Matter decocte or boyled in the stomacke.

1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth ix. sig. E.ii^v A surfyt is whan..the lyuer, whiche is the fyre vnder the potte..can not naturally nor truely decoct, defye, ne dygest, the superabundaunce of meate & drynke the which is in the potte or stomacke.

1547 [see sense 3a].

1599 J. Davies Nosce Teipsum 40 There she decocts, and doth the food prepare.

1608 S. Hieron 2nd Pt. Def. Ministers Reasons 121 More gredily disposed to devoure and swallowe..then to decocte and reteine.

†5. To prepare or mature (metals or mineral ores) by heat. (Pertaining to old notions of natural science: cf. concoct v. 2) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > heat

decoct1508

1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. rr.i The hete of thy charyte, wherby we may be decocte & made harde as stones.

1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. vi. 101 Metals are bodies imperfectly liuing, and are decocted in the veines of the Earth.

1653 H. Cogan tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. 231 The iron which is made of these stones decocted in furnaces, they divide into pieces.

†6. figurative. To prepare, devise, concoct v. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > invention, devising > invent, devise [verb (transitive)]

findeOE

understand1297

devisea1300

shapec1381

warpa1387

enginec1400

weavec1420

reparel1434

studyc1530

conjecture1551

spina1575

ingeniate1592

think1599

to pattern out1601

decoct1602

smooth1603

to fetch about1611

fancy1635

plait1642

erect1646

1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. iii. sig. G4^v What villanie are they decocting now?

1613 T. Milles tr. P. Mexia et al. Treasurie Auncient & Moderne Times 718/1 A word to win Laughter must be quickly decocted, woorking upon some sudden and unexpected thing.

7. To boil so as to extract the soluble parts or principles; to prepare a decoction of.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of dissolving > dissolve [verb (transitive)]

melteOE

defy1393

dissolvea1475

decoct1540

remiss?1541

liquefy1547

solve1794

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > action of boiling > boil or cause to boil [verb (transitive)] > boil to extract soluble parts

decoct1540

1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. f. xxxiii^v Wyne in whiche is decoct motherwort.

1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 79/1 Decocte a vivificente Eele, in a pot of water, skimme therof the axungietye of the Eele, reserve the same, & let it stand a certayn time.

1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1679) 29 Young red Oaken leaves decocted in wine, make an excellent gargle for a sore mouth.

1743 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 2) II. 101 The common Way of infusing and decocting Herbs a long Time, is injurious to Health.

Derivatives

deˈcocted adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of dissolving > [adjective] > dissolved

resolute?a1425

relented?1440

decoct1540

decocted?c1599

solved1662

dissolved1707

solute1890

?c1599 ‘Ignoto’ in J. Davies & C. Marlowe Epigr. & Elegies sig. D4^v To do thee good, I'le freely spende my thrise decocted blood [cf. concoction n. 1b].

c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) vi. 2770 Fine gellies of decocted sparrowes bones.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Sallet Some few tops of the decocted Leaves may be admitted.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	decoct
释义	† decoctn. Etymology: < Latin dēcoctum, noun, prop. neuter of past participle dēcoctus : see decoct adj. Obsolete. rare. A decoction. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > substances for food preparation > [noun] > stock or liquor brotha1000 browisa1300 decoction1398 browet1399 juicea1425 liquorc1430 brooc1440 breea1475 brewis1526 decoct1551 gammon essence1706 stock1730 pot-liquor1742 white stock1806 poêlée1824 blanc1845 fond1928 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > decoction or infusion > [noun] decoction1398 decoct1551 apozem1605 1551 W. Turner Herball (1568) i. O ij a To gyue the decoct or broth of it wyth wyne vnto nurses, when they want mylke. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † decoctadj. Etymology: < Latin dēcoctus, past participle of dēcoquĕre to boil down or away. In earlier use, both as participle and adjective, than decoct v., after the introduction of which this continued for some time as its past participle, till gradually superseded by the regular decocted. Obsolete. 1. Decocted; subjected to heat; digested, etc.: see the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > [adjective] > subjected to heat or fire decoctc1420 concoct1534 well-burnt1548 burnt1661 heat-treated1946 the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of dissolving > [adjective] > dissolved resolute?a1425 relented?1440 decoct1540 decocted?c1599 solved1662 dissolved1707 solute1890 the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > [adjective] > digested digesta1398 concoct1534 decoct1541 well-digesteda1594 digested1611 concocted1647 subacted1822 c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 650 Puls decoct and colde. 1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. rr.i The hete of thy charyte, wherby we may be decocte & made harde as stones. 1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. f. xxxiii^v Wyne in whiche is decoct motherwort. 1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 9 a Matter decocte or boyled in the stomacke. 1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ iii. xxii. 434 The root decoct in water purgeth Flegm and Choller. 2. Bankrupt. [Latin dēcoquĕre to run through one's estate, become bankrupt.] ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > [adjective] > going bankrupt > bankrupt decoct1529 bankrupt1565 bankruptlike1625 cracked1632 bursten1638 bankrupted1649 crazy1700 crazed1732 busted1836 quisby1853 sold-out1859 bung1948 bust1964 1529 T. Wolsey To Ambassadors at Rome (Vitell. B.xi) f. 83 The banker of Venice, to whom ye wer assigned by Anthony Viualde for viij^m ducates is decoct. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021). decoctv. /dɪˈkɒkt/ Etymology: < decoct adj. or Latin dēcoct-, participial stem of dēcoquĕre to boil down or away, < de- prefix 1c(b) + coquĕre to boil, cook. †1. To boil down or away; to concentrate by boiling. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] > boil down defervec1420 decocta1552 to boil down1845 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > action of boiling > boil or cause to boil [verb (transitive)] > reduce by boiling defervec1420 decocta1552 to boil down1845 a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) IV. 87 The Wychmen use the Commodity of their Sault Springes in drawinge and decocting the Water of them onely by 6. Monthes in the Yeare. 1613 G. E. in Vicary's English Mans Treasure (new ed.) 177 Let all these be decocted to the forme of a Syrope. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta vi. 105 This being the third time diluted, and decocted. figurative.a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 5 A Proverb is much matter decocted into few words. †2. figurative. To diminish, consume, waste. Obsolete. [So Latin dēcoquĕre.] ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] littleeOE anitherOE wanzelOE lessc1225 slakea1300 littenc1300 aslakec1314 adminisha1325 allayc1330 settle1338 low1340 minisha1382 reprovea1382 abatea1398 rebatea1398 subtlea1398 alaskia1400 forlyten?a1400 imminish14.. lessenc1410 diminish1417 repress?a1425 assuagec1430 scarcec1440 small1440 underslakec1440 alessa1450 debate?c1450 batec1460 decreasec1470 appetisse1474 alow1494 mince1499 perswage?1504 remita1513 inless?1521 attenuate1530 weaken1530 defray1532 mitigate1532 minorate1534 narrow?1548 diminuec1550 extenuate1555 amain1578 exolve1578 base1581 dejecta1586 amoinder1588 faint1598 qualify1604 contract1605 to pull down1607 shrivel1609 to take down1610 disaugment1611 impoverish1611 shrink1628 decoct1629 persway1631 unflame1635 straiten1645 depress1647 reduce1649 detract1654 minuate1657 alloy1661 lower?1662 sinka1684 retreat1690 nip1785 to drive down1840 minify1866 to knock down1867 to damp down1869 scale1887 mute1891 clip1938 to roll back1942 to cut back1943 downscale1945 downrate1958 slim1963 downshift1972 the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > squander [verb (transitive)] forspendc893 scatter1154 dispend1303 waste1340 misspendc1390 miswastec1400 consumec1425 waste1474 profund1527 lasha1535 prodige1538 lavish1542 to play away1562 riot1566 embezzle1578 dilapidate1590 squander1593 confound1598 to make ducks and drakes of or withc1600 prodigalize1611 profuse1611 squander1611 paddle1616 bezzle1617 to run out of ——1622 to piss away1628 prodigal1628 decoct1629 to bangle (away)1632 debauch1632 deboise1632 to fribble away1633 to fool out1635 to run outa1640 to fiddle away1667 slattera1681 dissipate1682 to play off1693 duck-and-drake1700 liquidate1702 sparkle away1703 waster1821 befool1861 to frivol away1866 to play (at) duck and drake with1872 to fling away1873 mislive1887 slather1904 mucker1928 profligate1938 peter1956 spaff2002 1629 N. Carpenter Achitophel iii. 54 To haue decocted his fortunes and an ancient family. 1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 130 Had he wasted and decocted his Treasure in luxury and riot. a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 496 When the predominant vanities of the Age are somewhat decocted. †3. a. To prepare as food by the agency of fire; to boil, cook. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > cook [verb (transitive)] > boil seethec1000 boilc1405 decoctc1420 upboilc1440 play?c1450 coct1607 c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 650 Puls decoct and colde. 1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. Cxxviii^v As the fyer doth decocte the meat and the broth in the pot, so dothe the lyuer vnder the stomake dothe decocte the meat in mans body. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. ii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. K^v Flesh is decocted at the fire on a spit. †b. transferred. To warm up, as in cooking. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V iii. v. 20 Can..sodden water decockt such liuely blood? †4. To digest in the stomach. (Regarded as a kind of cooking; cf. concoct v. 4) Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > digest [verb (transitive)] seetheOE defy1362 fyc1390 brookc1400 convertc1400 enduec1430 sleep1481 digest1483 concoct1533 decoct1541 diger?1541 confect1578 coque1615 concorporate1656 coct1662 swage1768 stomach1822 digerate- 1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 9 a Matter decocte or boyled in the stomacke. 1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth ix. sig. E.ii^v A surfyt is whan..the lyuer, whiche is the fyre vnder the potte..can not naturally nor truely decoct, defye, ne dygest, the superabundaunce of meate & drynke the which is in the potte or stomacke. 1547 [see sense 3a]. 1599 J. Davies Nosce Teipsum 40 There she decocts, and doth the food prepare. 1608 S. Hieron 2nd Pt. Def. Ministers Reasons 121 More gredily disposed to devoure and swallowe..then to decocte and reteine. †5. To prepare or mature (metals or mineral ores) by heat. (Pertaining to old notions of natural science: cf. concoct v. 2) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > heat decoct1508 1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. rr.i The hete of thy charyte, wherby we may be decocte & made harde as stones. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. vi. 101 Metals are bodies imperfectly liuing, and are decocted in the veines of the Earth. 1653 H. Cogan tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. 231 The iron which is made of these stones decocted in furnaces, they divide into pieces. †6. figurative. To prepare, devise, concoct v. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > invention, devising > invent, devise [verb (transitive)] findeOE understand1297 devisea1300 shapec1381 warpa1387 enginec1400 weavec1420 reparel1434 studyc1530 conjecture1551 spina1575 ingeniate1592 think1599 to pattern out1601 decoct1602 smooth1603 to fetch about1611 fancy1635 plait1642 erect1646 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. iii. sig. G4^v What villanie are they decocting now? 1613 T. Milles tr. P. Mexia et al. Treasurie Auncient & Moderne Times 718/1 A word to win Laughter must be quickly decocted, woorking upon some sudden and unexpected thing. 7. To boil so as to extract the soluble parts or principles; to prepare a decoction of. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of dissolving > dissolve [verb (transitive)] melteOE defy1393 dissolvea1475 decoct1540 remiss?1541 liquefy1547 solve1794 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > action of boiling > boil or cause to boil [verb (transitive)] > boil to extract soluble parts decoct1540 1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. f. xxxiii^v Wyne in whiche is decoct motherwort. 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 79/1 Decocte a vivificente Eele, in a pot of water, skimme therof the axungietye of the Eele, reserve the same, & let it stand a certayn time. 1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1679) 29 Young red Oaken leaves decocted in wine, make an excellent gargle for a sore mouth. 1743 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 2) II. 101 The common Way of infusing and decocting Herbs a long Time, is injurious to Health. Derivatives deˈcocted adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of dissolving > [adjective] > dissolved resolute?a1425 relented?1440 decoct1540 decocted?c1599 solved1662 dissolved1707 solute1890 ?c1599 ‘Ignoto’ in J. Davies & C. Marlowe Epigr. & Elegies sig. D4^v To do thee good, I'le freely spende my thrise decocted blood [cf. concoction n. 1b]. c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) vi. 2770 Fine gellies of decocted sparrowes bones. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Sallet Some few tops of the decocted Leaves may be admitted. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.1551adj.c1420v.c1420
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† decoctn.

† decoctadj.

decoctv.

Derivatives