Distill

Definition of Distill

Dis`till´

v. i.	1.	To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle. [imp. & p. p. Distilled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Distilling.] Soft showers distilled, and suns grew warm in vain. - Pope.
	2.	To flow gently, or in a small stream. The Euphrates distilleth out of the mountains of Armenia. - Sir W. Raleigh.
	3.	To practice the art of distillation.
v. t.	1.	To let fall or send down in drops. Or o'er the glebe distill the kindly rain. - Pope. The dew which on the tender grass The evening had distilled. - Drayton.
	2.	To obtain by distillation; to subject to a process of evaporation and subsequent condensation; to extract by distillation, as spirits, essential oil, etc.; to rectify; as, to distill brandy from wine; to distill alcoholic spirits from grain; to distill essential oils from flowers, etc.; to distill fresh water from sea water.
	3.	To subject to distillation; as, to distill molasses in making rum; to distill barley, rye, corn, etc.
	4.	To dissolve or melt. Swords by the lightning's subtle force distilled. - Addison.
	5.	to extract out and present the essence of; to shorten and refine; to present the essential elements of; - of ideas or texts.

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