Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Decoct \De*coct"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decocted}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Decocting}.] [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.