English-Thai Dictionary

decoct

VT ต้ม ยา  tom-yar

 

decoction

N การต้ม สกัด เอา ส่วน ที่ สำคัญ ออกมา  สกัด  extract kan-tom-sa-kad-aol-suan-ti-sam-kan-ook-ma

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DECOCT

v.t.[L. to boil. ] 1. To prepare by boiling; to digest in hot or boiling water.
2. To digest by the heat of the stomach; to prepare as food for nourishing the body.
3. To boil in water, for extracting the principles or virtues of a substance.
4. To boil up to a consistence; to invigorate.

 

DECOCTIBLE

a.That may be boiled or digested.

 

DECOCTION

n. 1. The act of boiling a substance in water, for extracting its virtues.
2. The liquor in which a substance has been boiled; water impregnated with the principles of any animal or vegetable substance boiled in it; as a weak or a strong decoction of Peruvian bark.

 

DECOCTIVE

a.That may be easily decocted.

 

DECOCTURE

n.A substance drawn by decoction.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DECOCT

De *coct ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decocted; p. pr. & vb. n. Decocting.]Etym: [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.

 

DECOCTIBLE

DECOCTIBLE De *coct "i *ble, a.

 

Defn: Capable of being boiled or digested.

 

DECOCTION

De *coc "tion, n. Etym: [F. décoction, L. decoctio.]

 

1. The act or process of boiling anything in a watery fluid to extract its virtues. In decoction. .. it either purgeth at the top or settleth at the bottom. Bacon.

 

2. An extract got from a body by boiling it in water. If the plant be boiled in water, the strained liquor is called the decoction of the plant. Arbuthnot. In pharmacy decoction is opposed to infusion, where there is merely steeping. Latham.

 

DECOCTURE

DECOCTURE De *coc "ture, n.

 

Defn: A decoction. [R.]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

decoct

de coct |diˈkäkt dəˈkɑkt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] archaic extract the essence from (something ) by heating or boiling it. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘cook, heat up ’): from Latin decoct- ‘boiled down, ’ from the verb decoquere, from de- ‘down ’ + coquere ‘cook. ’

 

decoction

de coc tion |diˈkäkSHən dəˈkɑkʃən | ▶noun the liquor resulting from concentrating the essence of a substance by heating or boiling, esp. a medicinal preparation made from a plant: a decoction of a root. • the action or process of extracting the essence of something. ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin decoctio (n- ), from decoquere ‘boil down ’ (see decoct ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

decoct

decoct |dɪˈkɒkt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] extract the essence from (something ) by heating or boiling it. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘cook, heat up ’): from Latin decoct- ‘boiled down ’, from the verb decoquere, from de- ‘down ’ + coquere ‘cook ’.

 

decoction

de |coc ¦tion |dɪˈkɒkʃ (ə )n | ▶noun a concentrated liquor resulting from heating or boiling a substance, especially a medicinal preparation made from a plant: a decoction of a root. • [ mass noun ] the action or process of extracting the essence of something. ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin decoctio (n- ), from decoquere ‘boil down ’ (see decoct ).

 

French Dictionary

décoction

décoction n. f. nom féminin 1 Action de faire bouillir des substances. 2 Le liquide obtenu. : Il buvait une décoction d ’herbes.