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Verb: distill di'stil Usage: N. Amer (=distil)
- Remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
- purify, sublimate, make pure, distil [Brit] - Undergo the process of distillation
- distil [Brit] - Extract by the process of distillation
"distill the essence of this compound" - extract, distil [Brit] - Undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
"The acid distills at a specific temperature" - condense, distil [Brit] - Give off (a liquid)
"The doctor distilled a few drops of disinfectant onto the wound" - distil [Brit] - Make more concise
- digest, condense, concentrate, distil [Brit]
Derived forms: distilled, distilling, distills See also: distillate, distillery, distillment Type of: abbreviate, abridge, ameliorate, amend, better, change, contract, create, cut, exudate, exude, flux, foreshorten, improve, liquefy, liquify, make, meliorate, ooze, ooze out, reduce, shorten, transude Encyclopedia: Distill |