distill
[verb]
Synonyms: drip, drib, dribble, drop, trickle, trill, weep

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dis‧till , distil /dɪˈstɪl/ verb (past tense and past participle distilled, present participle distilling) [transitive]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: distiller, from Latin stillare 'to fall in drops']

1. to make a liquid such as water or alcohol more pure by heating it so that it becomes a gas and then letting it cool. Drinks such as whisky are made this way:
distilled water

2. to remove a chemical substance from a plant, for example by heating or pressing it

3. to get the main ideas or facts from a much larger amount of information
distill something into something
The notes I had brought back were waiting to be distilled into a book.
—distillation /ˌdɪstəˈleɪʃən, ˌdɪstɪˈleɪʃən/ noun [uncountable and countable]

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