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distilling

Variant of distill

or distil

intransitive verb distilled, distilling

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

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.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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