Distil

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To drop; fall in drops.
  • To flow in a small stream; trickle.
  • To use a still; practise distillation.
  • To let fall in drops; dispense by drops; hence, to shed or impart in small portions or degrees.
  • To subject to the process of distillation; rectify; purify: as, to distil water.
  • To obtain or extract by the process of distillation: as, to distil brandy from wine; to distil whisky.
  • To use as a basis of distillation; extract the spirit or essence from: as, to distil grain or plants.
  • To dissolve or melt.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb. See distill.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Subject a substance to distillation; .
  • verb. Undergo or be produced by distillation.
  • verb. Make by means of distillation, especially whisky.
  • verb. Exude in small drops.
  • verb. Impart in small quantities.
  • verb. Extract the essence of; concentrate; purify.
  • verb. Trickle down or fall in small drops; ooze out.
  • verb. Be manifested gently or gradually.
  • verb. Drip or be wet with.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
  • verb. give off (a liquid)
  • verb. extract by the process of distillation
  • verb. undergo the process of distillation
  • Word Usage
    "The dew of the Spirit, which God and God only, can give, can freshen our worn and drooping souls, can give joy in sorrow, can keep us from being touched by surrounding evils, and from being parched by surrounding drought, can silently 'distil' its supplies of strength according to our need into our else dry hearts."
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