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decoct

[dih-kokt] / dɪˈkɒkt /






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I observe her decocting a medicine for a sick friend, and I ask her, “What medicine is that?”

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She had helped to decoct the herbs and roots which Barbara loved to gather, and had herself drank of this devil's broth, as those pleasant, wholesome drinks were now denominated.

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Fuller defines a proverb as "much matter decocted into a few words," and a very good definition it is.

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And then he proceeded with circumspection  and dignity to demonstrate the process of decocting that mysterious beverage.

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In seven, injected ℥xi decoct. quercûs into the peritoneum.

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