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)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To boil or cook again.
  2. (obsolete, transitive, by extension) To make over; to revamp or reconstruct.
    • 1605, L. Hutton, Aunswer [] :
      Your olde Crambe of Religionis ergo, so often recocted.

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