First Known Use: 1633
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decant
verb de·cant \di-ˈkant, dē-\
: to pour (a liquid, especially wine) from one container into another
Full Definition of DECANT
transitive verb
1
: to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers
2
: to pour from one vessel into another
3
: to pour out, transfer, or unload as if by pouring
— de·can·ta·tion \ˌdē-ˌkan-ˈtā-shən\ noun
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Origin of DECANT
New Latin decantare, from Latin de- + Medieval Latin cantus edge, from Latin, iron ring round a wheel — more at cant
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Rhymes with DECANT
aslant, bacchant, bacchante, bezant, courante, descant, displant, eggplant, enceinte, enchant, explant, extant, face-plant, fire ant, formant, gallant, Gallant, gas plant, grandaunt, houseplant, ice plant, implant, incant, jade plant, land grant, leadplant, levant, Levant, musk plant, pieplant, pissant, plainchant, pourpoint, preplant, recant, red ant, replant, savant, seed plant, snow plant, supplant, transplant, white ant
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decant
transitive verb de·cant \di-ˈkant\
Medical Definition of DECANT
: to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers
—de·can·ta·tion \ˌdē-ˌkan-ˈtā-shən\ noun
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