simple past tense and past participle of decoct

present participle of decoct

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decoct

(cooking) To make an infusion. / (cooking) To reduce, or concentrate by boiling down. / (figuratively) To heat as if by boiling. / (figuratively) To reduce or diminish. / To digest in the stomach.

plural of decoction

An extraction or essence of something, obtained by boiling it down. / The process of boiling something down in this way.

Able to be decocted, or boiled down.

Serving to decoct.