distillare

  • 71distil — [c]/dəsˈtɪl / (say duhs til) verb (distilled, distilling) –verb (t) 1. to subject to a process of vaporisation and subsequent condensation, as for purification or concentration. 2. to separate volatile liquids of different boiling points by… …

  • 72distiller — Distiller, Distillare, Extillare. Faire rosée, ou distiller quelque humeur comme rosée, Rorare. Eauës distillées, Aquae extillatae …

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  • 73distilar — (Del lat. distillāre). tr. desus. destilar …

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  • 74distil — (US distill) ► VERB (distilled, distilling) 1) purify (a liquid) by heating it so that it vaporizes, then cooling and condensing the vapour and collecting the resulting liquid. 2) make (spirits) in this way. 3) extract the essential meaning of.… …

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  • 75distillate — distil (US distill) ► VERB (distilled, distilling) 1) purify (a liquid) by heating it so that it vaporizes, then cooling and condensing the vapour and collecting the resulting liquid. 2) make (spirits) in this way. 3) extract the essential… …

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  • 76distillation — distil (US distill) ► VERB (distilled, distilling) 1) purify (a liquid) by heating it so that it vaporizes, then cooling and condensing the vapour and collecting the resulting liquid. 2) make (spirits) in this way. 3) extract the essential… …

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  • 77still — The adjective still ‘not moving’ [OE] comes from a prehistoric West Germanic *stillja or *stellja, which also produced German still and Dutch stil. It was derived from the base *stel ‘fixed, not moving, standing’ (a variant of which lies behind… …

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  • 78distill — or distil [di stil′] vi. distilled, distilling [ME distillen < OFr distiller < L distillare, for destillare, to trickle down < de , down + stillare, to drop < stilla, a drop: see STONE] 1. to fall in drops; trickle; drip 2. to undergo …

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  • 79distillate — [dis′tə lāt΄, dis′təlit; ] also [ di stil′it] n. [< L distillatus, pp. of distillare] 1. a product of distillation; liquid obtained by distilling 2. the essence of anything …

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  • 80distil — v. (US distill) (distilled, distilling) 1 tr. Chem. purify (a liquid) by vaporizing it with heat, then condensing it with cold and collecting the result. 2 tr. a Chem. extract the essence of (a plant etc.) usu. by heating it in a solvent. b… …

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