Deconcoct

//diːkənˈkɒkt// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To decompose or break down.

    "these Benedictines have had their crudities deconcocted, and have been drawn out into more slender threads of sub - divisions"

Example

More examples

"these Benedictines have had their crudities deconcocted, and have been drawn out into more slender threads of sub - divisions"

Etymology

From de- + concoct.

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