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cohobate

American

[koh-hoh-beyt] / ˈkoʊ hoʊˌbeɪt /

verb (used with object)

Pharmacology.

cohobated, cohobating

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.

cohobate British

/ ˈkəʊhəʊˌbeɪt /

verb

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

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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

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