cohobate

American  

[koh-hoh-beyt] / ˈkoʊ hoʊˌbeɪt /

verb (used with object)

Pharmacology.

cohobated, cohobating

1. to distill again from the same or a similar substance, as by pouring a distilled liquid back upon the matter remaining in the vessel, or upon another mass of similar matter.

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cohobate British  

/ ˈkəʊhəʊˌbeɪt /

verb

1. (tr) pharmacol to redistil (a distillate), esp by allowing it to mingle with the remaining matter

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Other Word Forms

• cohobation noun
• cohobator noun

Etymology

Origin of cohobate

1635–45; < New Latin cohobātus (past participle of cohobāre ), equivalent to kohob repetition (Paracelsian term, perhaps < dialectal Arabic kaʿab second) + -ātus -ate ¹