distil

[dih-stil]

verb (used with or without object), dis·tilled, dis·til·ling. Chiefly British.

distill.

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Contemporary Examples of distil

I was left alone to refine and distil my art for decades, paring things down to their essence.
Charles Saatchi Answers Your Questions
The Daily Beast
May 31, 2010

Historical Examples of distil

And now the King began to distil the elixir of life with their aid.
The Chinese Fairy Book
Various
Even jealousy had begun to distil its poison—“Don Santiago!”
The Rifle Rangers
Captain Mayne Reid
However, if it was the last he'll just have to turn to and distil some more.
Priscilla's Spies
George A. Birmingham
Pour out thy venom, and do not distil it upon me drop by drop.
Faustus
Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger
I do not attempt to distil them out of fact as physicists distil their laws.
First and Last Things
H. G. Wells

British Dictionary definitions for distil

distil

US distill

verb -tils, -tills, -tilling or -tilled

to subject to or undergo distillationSee also rectify (def. 2)
(sometimes foll by out or off) to purify, separate, or concentrate, or be purified, separated, or concentrated by distillation
to obtain or be obtained by distillationto distil whisky
to exude or give off (a substance) in drops or small quantities
(tr) to extract the essence of as if by distillation

Derived Formsdistillable, adjective

Word Origin for distil

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

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