verb
- Remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation.
- usage: "purify the water"
- Undergo the process of distillation.
- synonyms: distil
- Extract by the process of distillation.
- usage: "distill the essence of this compound"
- Undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops.
- usage: "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature"
- Give off (a liquid. )
- usage: "The doctor distilled a few drops of disinfectant onto the wound"
- synonyms: distil
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