recoct
English
Etymology
From Latin recoctus, past participle of recoquere (“to cook or boil over again”). See re- and cook.
Verb
recoct (third-person singular simple present recocts, present participle recocting, simple past and past participle recocted)
- (obsolete, transitive) To boil or cook again.
- (obsolete, transitive, by extension) To make over; to revamp or reconstruct.
- 1605, L. Hutton, Aunswer […] :
- Your olde Crambe of Religionis ergo, so often recocted.
References
- “recoct”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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