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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
decant /dɪˈkant/

▶verb

1 gradually pour (a liquid) from one container into another, typically in order to separate out sediment.

2 (of a vehicle) discharge (passengers).

– origin C17: from med. L. decanthare, from L. de- ‘away from’ + canthus ‘edge, rim’.

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