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parboil

par·boil

US/ˈpɑˌrbɔɪl/ uncommon

verb

1.

cook (vegetables) briefly

  • “Parboil the beans before freezing them”
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Origin

From Middle English parboyle, from Old French parbouillir (“to boil thoroughly”), from Medieval Latin perbulliō, from Latin per (“thoroughly”) + bulliō (“to boil”). Sense “to boil partially” (c.1440), rather than original “to boil thoroughly” is by corruption: associating the prefix with part (from Latin pars (“part”)) rather than per.

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