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Definition of Decocts
1. decoct [v] - See also: decoct
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decocts
Literary usage of Decocts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. George Eliot's Works by George Eliot (1893)
"... and decocts, is a man of prejudices: he has poisoned people according to a
system, and is obliged to stand up for his system to justify the consequences ..."
2. Some Longer Elizabethan Poems by Arthur Henry Bullen (1903)
"Here, She attracts ! and there, She doth retain, There, She decocts, and doth
the food prepare, There, She distributes it to every vein, There, She expels, ..."
3. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1873)
"Nay, one bit of practical philosophy tous or decocts its own coffee, puts out
its own spirit lamp at the proper time, and drives out the fragrant beverage ..."
4. The French Influence in English Literature from the Accession of Elizabeth by Alfred Horatio Upham (1908)
"... There she decocts, and doth the food prepare; There she distributes it to
ev'ry vein, There she expels what she may fitly spare. ..."
5. Philosophy in Poetry: A Study of Sir John Davies's Poem "Nosce Teipsum" by Elias Hershey Sneath (1903)
"... and there she doth retaine, There she decocts, and doth the food prepare ;
There she distributes it to euery vaine, Here she expels what she may fitly ..."
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