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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 De·coct v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decocted; p. pr. & vb. n. Decocting.]
 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 by the heat of the stomach for assimilation; to digest; to concoct.
 3. To warm, strengthen, or invigorate, as if by boiling. [R.] Decoct their cold blood.”