deconcoct

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ concoct.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːkənˈkɒkt/

Verb

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

1. To decompose or break down.
   • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):

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

   • 2006, Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas, Deeper Shades of Purple: Womanism in Religion and Society:

     Deconcocted and mixed with certain other barks, sass was used in ritual ordeals to test, punish, or absolve those accused of witchcraft.

References

• “deconcoct”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• concocted