THE FIRST WORD

decant

PRONUNCIATION:

(di-KANT) 

MEANING:

verb tr.:
1. To pour, especially in a manner that the sediment is left behind.
2. To rehouse people while their buildings are being rebuilt or refurbished.

ETYMOLOGY:

From French décanter (to settle or to clarify), from Latin decanthare, from de- (from) + canthus (spout, rim). Earliest documented use: 1633.

USAGE:

"Once a customer makes a purchase, she decants the oil into dark glass bottles."
Chris Copley; New Tasting Gallery; The Herald-Mail (Hagerstown, Maryland); Oct 29, 2013.