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Meanings of distil in English

Portuguese
condensar
Catalan
condensar-se

Extract by the process of distillation.

        condensar
        Usage of distil in English
        1
        Golding used the imagined past to distil essential human appetites and conflicts.
        The Guardian
        2
        They crystallize in plates, and for the most part distil without decomposition.
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
        3
        Photography has the ability to distil many things into one moment.
        Ebony
        4
        They surely distil it and use it as a perfume on their handkerchiefs.
        A Kentucky Cardinal: A Story
        5
        The voyagers here first met with arrak, which the natives distil from rice.
        Notable Voyagers, From Columbus to Nordenskiold
        6
        You have to make sure you don't distil your experiences into digestible shorthand.
        The Guardian
        7
        A poison as of death seemed to distil upon me from that shadow.
        Daisy in the Field
        8
        We want to distil great research and make it available to a wider audience.
        The Guardian
        9
        People distil it at home or know someone who does.
        The Guardian
        10
        Well, we'll distil and double and triple distil the water.
        The Man from Brodney's
        11
        These are the holy balsam drops that woeful wars distil.'
        A Book of Golden Deeds
        12
        Though they distil an intoxicating liquor from rice, a tipsy person is rarely seen.
        Four Young Explorers; Or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics
        13
        They know how to raise handsome girls, distil good whisky, and breed fast horses.
        The Red Acorn
        14
        Ambition has eyes of stone, from which no drop of tenderness can e'er distil.
        The Works of Frederick Schiller
        15
        I admire how they do that, distil an entire life.
        The Tracey Fragments
        16
        The third year, little labor is required other than to harvest and distil the mint.
        The Field and Garden Vegetables of America / Containing Full Des...
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