[di-stil] 
[di-stil] | 1. | to subject to a process of vaporization and subsequent condensation, as for purification or concentration. |
| 2. | to extract the volatile components of by distillation; transform by distillation. |
| 3. | to concentrate, purify, or obtain by or as by distillation: to distill whiskey from mash. |
| 4. | to remove by distillation (usually fol. by off or out): to distill out impurities. |
| 5. | to extract the essential elements of; refine; abstract: She managed to distill her ideas into one succinct article. |
| 6. | to let fall in drops; give forth in or as in drops: The cool of the night distills the dew. |
| 7. | to undergo or perform distillation. |
| 8. | to become vaporized and then condensed in distillation. |
| 9. | to drop, pass, or condense as a distillate. |
| 10. | to fall in drops; trickle; exude. |
| dis·till also dis·til (dĭ-stĭl') v. dis·tilled also dis·tilled, dis·till·ing also dis·til·ling, dis·tills also dis·tils v. tr.
[Middle English distillen, from Old French distiller, from Latin distillāre, variant of dēstillāre, to trickle : dē-, de- + stillāre, to drip (from stilla, drop).] dis·till'a·ble adj. |
distill dis·till (dĭ-stĭl)
v. dis·tilled or dis·tilled, dis·till·ing or dis·til·ling, dis·tills or dis·tils
To subject a substance to distillation.
To separate a distillate by distillation.
To increase the concentration of, separate, or purify a substance by distillation.
