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decant

verb as in tap

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These once held olive oil imported from Spain, North Africa and the Middle East and were discarded here after the oil was decanted at a nearby port.

I brew it in huge batches and decant it into a glass jug that looks vaguely like a science experiment.

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Less than a week after my half-hour text conversation with Dorn, a small package arrives at my door with decants of her eight selections.

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The rapid "decant of services" meant the nine-bed ICU was given a temporary new home in the space previously occupied by eye theatre.

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"There's a term that the system used called 'decanting', to move prisoners," Sophie Compton said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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