decant Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb pour out
    pour; pour out.
    • the sommelier decanted the wines

WordNet

De*cant" transitive verb
Etymology
F. décanter (cf. It. decantare), prop., to pour off from the edge of a vessel; pref. dé- (L. de) + OF. cant (It. canto) edge, border, end. See Cant an edge.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Decanted; present participle & verbal noun Decanting
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913