Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Distil (-s, distilled, distills)
distil (-s, distilled, distills), v. [L. distillāre, drip or trickle down.] (webplay: dissolve, suns).
- Concentrate; purify; extract the quintessence.
- Extract; obtain; produce; evaporate; condescend; (see Job 36:28).
- Fall; condense; mist; (see Deuteronomy 32:2).
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