decant

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Let settle the precipitate, decant, and wash in several changes of water.

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  1. transitive verb To pour off (wine, for example) without disturbing the sediment.
  2. transitive verb To pour (a liquid) from one container into another.

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  • Every time that they cried "to arms" I used to send fifty-four knights, who were called "decant" because they each headed ten men whenever we rode out under arms. —  The Memoirs of the Lord of Joinville
  • Savoir-faire meant the aristocracy of style: which wine to decant, which brand of cigarette to smoke, which automatic weapon to carry under the armpit. —  MI6 :: 007 News
  • Let settle the precipitate, decant, and wash in several changes of water. —  Photographic Reproduction Processes
  • What do you decant for a Santa's Day soirée? —  from Reason to Freedom - Think for Yourself!
  • Strain, allow grounds to settle, decant, and add one cup of sugar. —  American Cookery November, 1921
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decant:   decanting ·  decanted
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Medieval Latin dēcanthāre : Latin dē-, de- + Latin canthus, rim of a wheel or vessel (of Celtic origin).

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  1. from French décanter = Spanish Portuguese decantar = Italian decantare, from New Latin decantare (in chem.), decant, prob. from Latin de, down, + Middle Latin cantus, canthus, a side, corner: see cant.
 

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