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1. distil something (from something) to make a liquid pure by heating it until it becomes a gas, then cooling it and collecting the drops of liquid that form
   • ● to distil fresh water from seawater
   • ● distilled water
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2. distil something to make something such as a strong alcoholic drink in this way
   • ● The factory distils and bottles whisky.
3. distil something (from/into something) (formal) to get the essential meaning or ideas from thoughts, information, experiences, etc.
   • ● The notes I made on my travels were distilled into a book.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin distillare, variant of destillare, from de- ‘down, away’ + stillare (from stilla ‘a drop’).

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