decoct

From Old French [Term?], from Latin decoquō (“I boil down”), from de- + coquō (“I cook”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈkɒkt/

decoct (third-person singular simple present decocts, present participle decocting, simple past and past participle decocted)

1. (cooking) To make an infusion.
2. (cooking) To reduce, or concentrate by boiling down.
3. (transitive) To devise.

• decoction