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Distil
dɪˈstɪl
Distil definitions
verb
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distilling
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- purify (a liquid) by heating it so that it vaporizes, then cooling and condensing the vapour and collecting the resulting liquid
"they managed to distil a small quantity of water"
- make (spirits or an essence) by distilling
"whisky is distilled from a mash of grains"
- extract the essence of (something) by heating it with a solvent
"distil the leaves of some agrimony"
- remove (a volatile constituent) of a mixture by heating
"coal tar is made by distilling out the volatile products in coal"
- emanate as a vapour or in minute drops
"she drew back from the dank breath that distilled out of the earth"
- extract the essential meaning or most important aspects of
"my travel notes were distilled into a book"