intransitive verb distilled -·tilled′, distilling -·till′·ing

1. to fall in drops; trickle; drip
2. to undergo distillation
3. to be produced as the essence of something

Etymology: ME distillen < OFr distiller < L distillare, for destillare, to trickle down < de-, down + stillare, to drop < stilla, a drop: see stone

transitive verb

1. to cause or allow to fall in drops
2. to subject to, or purify or refine by, distillation to distill water
3. to remove, extract, or produce by distillation to distill whiskey
4. to purify, refine, or concentrate as if by distillation to distill one's style
5. to draw out or obtain the part that is essential, pure, etc.