different between recock vs recoct

English

re- +? cock

recock (third-person singular simple present recocks, present participle recocking, simple past and past participle recocked)

From Latin recoctus, past participle of recoquere (“to cook or boil over again”). See re- and cook.

recoct (third-person singular simple present recocts, present participle recocting, simple past and past participle recocted)

(obsolete, transitive) To boil or cook again.
(obsolete, transitive, by extension) To make over; to revamp or reconstruct.
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