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distill

[ dih-stil ]

verb (used with object)

distilled, distilling.
  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 followed 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.



verb (used without object)

distilled, distilling.
  1. to undergo or perform distillation.
  2. to become vaporized and then condensed in distillation.
  3. to drop, pass, or condense as a distillate.
  4. to fall in drops; trickle; exude.
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • »å¾±²õ·³Ù¾±±ô±ôa·²ú±ô±ð adjective
  • non»å¾±²õ·³Ù¾±±ô±ôa·²ú±ô±ð adjective
  • °ù±ðd¾±²õ·³Ù¾±±ô±ô verb (used with object)
  • re»å¾±²õ·³Ù¾±±ô±ôa·²ú±ô±ð adjective
  • re»å¾±²õ·³Ù¾±±ô±ôa·²ú±ô±ð·ness noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of distill1

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English distillen (from Anglo-French distiller ), from Latin »å¾±²õ³Ù¾±±ô±ôÄå°ù±ð, variant of »åŧ²õ³Ù¾±±ô±ôÄå°ù±ð, equivalent to »åŧ- de- + ²õ³Ù¾±±ô±ôÄå°ù±ð to drip
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In the first episode, when he cracks a murder case by distilling it into a logic puzzle, he batters his audience into submission with an avalanche of nerdy terms.

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Rum is typically made by fermenting and then distilling sugarcane molasses, the thick treacle-like substance leftover after refined sugar has been produced from the harvested plants.

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Minutes later, Trump told reporters in the White House corridor that he planned to impose a 200 percent tariff on alcoholic beverages from the EU, a devastating prospect for Ireland’s brewing and distilling industries.

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Will those messianic qualities distill into sage leadership?

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The Mediterranean diet is distilled to olive oil, fish and nuts, with little mention of the long, social dinners that define it.

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