distill
verb (used with object)
to subject to a process of vaporization and subsequent condensation, as for purification or concentration.
am distilling
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present progressiveof distill (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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He is the one serious literary character among us; for his benefit, I honor you by treating you like men of taste, I am distilling my tale for you, and now he criticises me!
From The Firm of Nucingen by Honoré de Balzac
