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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Distill \Dis*till"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Distilled}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Distilling}.] [F. distiller, from L. destillare,
     destillatum; de + stillare to drop, stilla a drop, prob. fr.
     stiria frozen drop, icicle; prob. akin to stare, E. stand.
     Cf. {Still}, n. & v., {Instill}.] [Written also {distil}.]
     1. To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle.


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              Soft showers distilled, and suns grew warm in vain.
                                                    --Pope.
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     2. To flow gently, or in a small stream.
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              The Euphrates distilleth out of the mountains of
              Armenia.                              --Sir W.
                                                    Raleigh.
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     3. To practice the art of distillation. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  distil
       v 1: undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid
            state and fall in drops; "water condenses"; "The acid
            distills at a specific temperature" [syn: {condense}, {distill}]
       2: extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence
          of this compound" [syn: {distill}, {extract}]
       3: undergo the process of distillation [syn: {distill}]
       4: give off (a liquid); "The doctor distilled a few drops of
          disinfectant onto the wound" [syn: {distill}]
       [also: {distilling}, {distilled}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  distilled
       See {distil}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "distilled":
     absolute, bare, clarified, clear, naked, neat, purified, rectified,
     sheer, straight, unadulterated, unalloyed, unblended, uncombined,
     uncompounded, uncorrupted, undiluted, unfortified, unleavened,
     unmingled, unmixed, unsophisticated, untinged
  
  

















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