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decant


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Decant  \De*cant"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Decanted};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Decanting}.]  [F.  d['e]canter  (cf.  It  decantare),  prop., 
  to  pour  off  from  the  edge  of  a  vessel;  pref.  d['e]-  (L.  de)  + 
  OF  cant  (It.  canto)  edge,  border,  end  See  {Cant}  an  edge.] 
  To  pour  off  gently,  as  liquor,  so  as  not  to  disturb  the 
  sediment;  or  to  pour  from  one  vessel  into  another;  as  to 
  decant  wine. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  decant 
  v  :  pour  out  of  wines  or  sherry  [syn:  {pour},  {pour  out}] 




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