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deconcoct

UK/diːkənˈkɒkt/

deconcoct verb: to decompose or break down.

Verb

deconcoct (third-person singular simple present deconcocts, present participle deconcocting, simple past and past participle deconcocted)

  1. To decompose or break down.
    • these Benedictines have had their crudities deconcocted, and have been drawn out into more slender threads of sub - divisions1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)
    • Deconcocted and mixed with certain other barks, sass was used in ritual ordeals to test, punish, or absolve those accused of witchcraft.2006, Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas, Deeper Shades of Purple: Womanism in Religion and Society

Forms of deconcoct

third-person singular presentdeconcocts
present participledeconcocting
past participledeconcocted
pastdeconcocted

Origin of deconcoct

From de- + concoct.

Questions about deconcoct

What does deconcoct mean?
Deconcoct means to decompose or break down.
What part of speech is deconcoct?
Deconcoct is a verb.
How do you pronounce deconcoct?
Deconcoct is pronounced /diːkənˈkɒkt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of deconcoct?
The past tense of deconcoct is deconcocted.

Words near deconcoct in the dictionary

  1. deconceptualize
  2. deconceptualized
  3. deconceptualizes
  4. deconceptualizing
  5. Deconcini
  6. deconcoct
  7. deconcocted
  8. deconcocting
  9. deconcocts
  10. decondensation
  11. decondensations

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