Decoctive
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Serving to decoct. not-comparable
"More or less change was effected, however, in nearly all cases, and the augitic and feldspathic and olivinitic minerals were reduced, by the decoctive action of the water, to chloritic and micaceous elements."
Example
More examples"More or less change was effected, however, in nearly all cases, and the augitic and feldspathic and olivinitic minerals were reduced, by the decoctive action of the water, to chloritic and micaceous elements."
Etymology
From decoct + -ive.
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