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.
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."
Shak.
© Webster 1913.