recoct

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verb

To boil or cook again.

OriginLatin recoctus →
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Meanings

verbrecoct (third-person singular simple present recocts, present participle recocting, simple past and past participle recocted)

present singular third person recocts · participle present recocting · participle past recocted · past recocted

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo boil or cook again.
  2. broadlyobsoletetransitiveTo make over; to revamp or reconstruct.

    Your olde Crambe of Religionis ergo, so often recocted.

    1605, L. Hutton, Aunswer […]

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
revamp

Origin

  1. Latinrecoctus
  2. Englishrecoct

From Latin recoctus, past participle of recoquere (“to cook or boil over again”). See re- and cook.

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APA

recoct. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recoct

MLA

“recoct.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recoct. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recoct,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recoct.

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