distil
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive)Examples: "Firs distil resin."; "[I]t [Silene] eaſeth the head-ach, if togither with oile of roſes it be diſtilled upon the head by way of embrochation."; "[B]eſide it [the tree of the knowledge of good and evil] ſtood One ſhap'd & wing'd like one of thoſe from Heav'n By us oft ſeen; his dewie locks diſtill'd Ambroſia; […]"UKtransitive
2. (transitive)Examples: "But of all other men our Solomon could leaſt be ignorant of this truth. Not only for that reaſon, becauſe God had filled his heart with a large meaſure of wiſdom beyond other men: but even for this reaſon alſo: that being born of wiſe and godly Parents, and born to a Kingdom too, […] he had this truth (conſidering the great uſefulneſs of it to him in the whole time of his future Government) early diſtilled into him by both his Parents, and was ſeaſoned thereinto from his childhood in his education."; "She felt the slackening frost distil Through her blood the last ooze dull and chill: Her lids were dry and her lips were still."UKbroadlyfigurativelytransitive
3. (transitive)Examples: "Haue I not bene Thy Pupill long? Haſt thou not learn'd me how To make Perfumes? Diſtill? Preſerue?"; "By putting the hydrate into a bent tube, afterwards hermetically sealed, I found it easy, after decomposing it by a heat of 100°, to distil the yellow fluid to one end of the tube, and so separate it from the remaining portion."; "[I]n fact, it [kelp] is used in a variety of medicines; we boil, burn, and distil it to produce salts, corrodents, sublimates, and other medicinal substances."UKtransitive
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5. (transitive)Examples: "But earthlyer happy is the roſe diſtild, Then that, which, withering on the virgin thorne, Growes, liues, and dies, in ſingle bleſſedneſſe."; "But flowers diſtil'd though they with winter meete, Leeſe but their ſhow, their ſubſtance ſtill liues ſweet."; "An herb deſtill'd, and drunk, may dwell next doore, On the ſame floore, To a brave ſoul: Exalt the poore, They can do more."UKalsofigurativelytransitive
6. (transitive)Examples: "Ile grow to your embraces, till two ſoules Diſtilled into kiſſes, through our lips Doe make one ſpirit of love."UKalsofigurativelytransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary