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† perˈcoct, v. Obs. rare.
[f. L. percoct-, ppl. stem of percoquĕre, f. per- 2 + coquĕre to boil, cook.]
trans. To boil or heat through or thoroughly. So perˈcoct ppl. a. [ad. L. percoctus pa. pple.], fig. ‘overdone’, hackneyed.
1635Swan Spec. M. vi. (1643) 302 The heat of the sunne percocting those waters which are extreamly salt. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 715 Turpentine..may be added when the Salve is percocted. 1879G. Meredith Egoist II. xi. 246 To abstain from any employment of the obvious, the percoct,..likewise..the overstrained. |