• (British) IPA: /dɪˈkɒkt/
• (GA) IPA: /dəˈkɑkt/

decoct (decocts, present participle decocting; past and past participle decocted)

1. (cooking) To make an infusion.
2. (cooking) To reduce, or concentrate by boiling down.
3. (figurative) To heat as if by boiling.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act III, scene v], page 80 ↗, column 1:

     Can sodden#English|ſodden Water, / A drench#English|Drench for ſur-reyn’d jade#Etymology 2|Iades, their Barly broth, / Decoct their cold blood to ſuch valiant heat?

4. (figurative) To reduce or diminish.
5. To digest in the stomach.
6. (transitive) To devise.

• decoction