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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DECANT', v.t. [L., to sing; literally, to throw.] To pour off gently, as liquor from its sediment; or to pour from one vessel into another; as, to decant wine.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: pour out; "the sommelier decanted the wines" [syn: decant, pour, pour out]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Etymology: New Latin decantare, from Latin de- + Medieval Latin cantus edge, from Latin, iron ring round a wheel — more at cant Date: 1633 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 • decantation noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. gradually pour off (liquid, esp. wine or a solution) from one container to another, esp. without disturbing the sediment. Etymology: med.L decanthare (as DE-, L canthus f. Gk kanthos canthus, used of the lip of a beaker)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(decants, decanting, decanted) If you decant a liquid into another container, you put it into another container. (FORMAL) She always used to decant the milk into a jug... VERB: V n into n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Pour off.

Moby Thesaurus

bail, bleed, blow out, broach, bucket, cast forth, cup, debouch, dip, discharge, disembogue, disgorge, dish, dish out, dish up, draft, draft off, drain, draw, draw from, draw off, ejaculate, empty, eruct, erupt, exhaust, expel, extravasate, fork, jet, ladle, let, let blood, let out, milk, outpour, phlebotomize, pipette, pour, pour forth, pour out, pump, pump out, scoop, send forth, send out, shovel, siphon off, spade, spew, spoon, spout, spurt, squirt, suck, suck out, tap, throw out, venesect