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DECLI'VOUS,

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.

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