distill
verb (used with object)
to subject to a process of vaporization and subsequent condensation, as for purification or concentration.
has distilled
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present perfectof distill (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Prof Hood has distilled the Science of Happiness course into a new book, out on March 10.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2024
Now the actor, who lives with his wife, Camila Alves McConaughey, and their three children in Austin, Texas, has distilled his philosophy — his persona, even — into a children’s book.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2023
He has tricks to test whether his studio alchemy has distilled that magic quality.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2023
Now, Rubin has distilled his hard-earned wisdom into a book about creativity and how to access, nurture and liberate it in the service of great art.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2023
These people on the stage are more intensely and vividly real to him than in life itself; the artist has distilled the significance of the situation and communicates it to him as emotion.
From The Gate of Appreciation Studies in the Relation of Art to Life by Carleton Eldredge Noyes
