transitive verb. To extract the flavor of by boiling.

transitive verb. To make concentrated; boil down.

To prepare by boiling; digest in hot or boiling water; extract the strength or flavor of by boiling.

To digest in the stomach.

To warm as if by boiling; heat up; excite.

To concoct; devise.

Cooked; digested.

transitive verb. 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.

transitive verb. To prepare by the heat of the stomach for assimilation; to digest; to concoct.

transitive verb. To warm, strengthen, or invigorate, as if by boiling.

verb. To make an infusion

verb. To reduce, or concentrate by boiling down

verb. steep in hot water

verb. be cooked until very little liquid is left

verb. extract the essence of something by boiling it

"Pao-yü, on one hand, hastened to direct a servant to go and decoct them, and, on the other, he heaved a sigh."

decoction  

boil  decrease  diminish  fall  infuse  

concoct  digest  

decocted  decocting  decocts