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• a variation of distill.

distil

American  

[dih-stil] / dɪˈstɪl /

verb (used with or without object)

distilled, distilling

1. Chiefly British. a variant of distill.

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distil British  

/ dɪsˈtɪl /

verb

1. to subject to or undergo distillation See also rectify

2. to purify, separate, or concentrate, or be purified, separated, or concentrated by distillation

3. to obtain or be obtained by distillation

   to distil whisky

4. to exude or give off (a substance) in drops or small quantities

5. (tr) to extract the essence of as if by distillation

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Other Word Forms

• distillable
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of distil

C14: from Latin dēstillāre to distil, from _de- + stillāre to drip

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Example Sentences

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distil distilled distilling

It was given to CMAL, who then used a design firm to distil this into a 130-page document which was sent to all the bidders.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2023

For all the talk of 'Bazball' and the thrill of freewheeling run-chases, it remained a reality that England would have to distil their aggression into a style that will work in all circumstances.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2022

"It is difficult to distil the geopolitical tensions from the macroeconomic backdrop," Dushanova said.

From Reuters ● Nov. 19, 2021

Cobb also eloquently shows how figurative language does much more than simply distil or give shape to complex, intangible subjects.

From Nature ● Mar. 29, 2020

Here on the corner, she paused to don her coat; for the low-swinging draperies of the painted skies had begun to distil upon the city a gentle drizzle, soft and warm.

From Joan Thursday by Louis Joseph Vance

White wine vinegar — or even plain distilled white vinegar — is excellent with potatoes, creamy chicken soups and corn chowders.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

Scent is “memory, mood and emotion, distilled into something you can’t see but never forget,” Air Aroma said in a Facebook post earlier this year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Near the end of our conversation, he told me that foregrounding his own experience was most easily distilled by his ambitions.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

It’s distilled and matured in the Canadian province of Manitoba, but then shipped in large containers to bottling facilities in the U.S. for distribution to American customers.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

They were taught piano, penmanship, geography, and arithmetic, the world distilled into strange new symbols.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Librettists Kelley Rourke and Matt Foss have skillfully adapted the story, extracting its essential events and distilling them into a taut 90 minutes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

The San Francisco-based AI lab also accused Chinese developers of deceptively using Claude to produce responses to user queries while simultaneously "distilling" that data to improve their own models.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

Meanwhile, the Buckeye Institute on the same day asked the Supreme Court to settle a circuit split over whether the federal government can maintain its ban on home distilling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Since February, Anthropic has accused Alibaba and several other Chinese AI labs of illicitly distilling its models-the practice of training a new model on the outputs of another.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

It makes you think you’ve always felt like this, and there’s no place to go but down, where it slowly, ravenously digests your will, distilling it into the ebony crude of nightmares.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

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