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distill
[ dih-stil ]
verb (used with object)
- to subject to a process of vaporization and subsequent condensation, as for purification or concentration.
- to extract the volatile components of by distillation; transform by distillation.
- to concentrate, purify, or obtain by or as by distillation:
to distill whiskey from mash.
- to remove by distillation (usually followed by off or out ):
to distill out impurities.
- to extract the essential elements of; refine; abstract:
She managed to distill her ideas into one succinct article.
- to let fall in drops; give forth in or as in drops:
The cool of the night distills the dew.
verb (used without object)
- to undergo or perform distillation.
- to become vaporized and then condensed in distillation.
- to drop, pass, or condense as a distillate.
- to fall in drops; trickle; exude.
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Other Words From
- dis·tilla·ble adjective
- nondis·tilla·ble adjective
- redis·till verb (used with object)
- redis·tilla·ble adjective
- redis·tilla·ble·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
The process to fully distill the Scorpion Tail took three hours.
The Internet was created, it often seems, to distill complex political issues into not-so-complex memes.
"As long as we distill less than around two-hundred liters per month, the government doesn't seem to mind," he says.
Next, Murillo opens a bottle of their Special Edition, which they distill every six months on the solstice.
The Empress added a special clause for land-owning farmers, who were allowed to distill up to three hundred liters.
In the case of other authors of this series I have had to distill the essence of their philosophy from the leaves of many volumes.
That in stoking a fire, a small amount should be added at a time because of the heat required to warm and distill the fresh coal.
At six eyes he wept: the tears Adown three chins distill'd with bloody foam.
The words foretell, distill, instill and fulfill, retain the ll of their primitives.
Betty came over the next morning to spend the day and help Miss Recompense to distill.
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