[de.cant] vt [NL decantare, fr. L de- + ML cantus edge, fr. L, iron ring round a wheel--more at cant] (1633) 1: to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers
2: to pour from one vessel into another
3: to pour out, transfer, or unload as if by pouring -- de.can.ta.tion n