Noah Webster
Declivous
DECLI'VOUS,
DECOCT', verb transitive [Latin to boil.]
1. To prepare by boiling; to digest in hot or boiling water.
2. To digest by the heat of the stomach; to prepare as food for nourishing the body.
3. To boil in water, for extracting the principles or virtues of a substance.
4. To boil up to a consistence; to invigorate.