distil

Significat (anglès)

To exude (a liquid) in small drops; also, to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops.
To impart (information, etc.) in small quantities; to infuse.
To heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid, either to purify the original substance or to obtain one of its components; to subject to distillation.
Followed by off or out: to expel (a volatile substance) from something by distillation.
To extract the essence of (something) by, or as if by, distillation; to concentrate, to purify.
To transform a thing (into something else) by distillation.
To make (something, especially spirits such as gin and whisky) by distillation.
(obsolete) To dissolve or melt (something).
To fall or trickle down in small drops; to exude, to ooze out; also, to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops.
To flow or pass gently or slowly; hence (figuratively) to be manifested gently or gradually.
To drip or be wet with some liquid.
To turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation.

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Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/dɪˈstɪl/

PIE word *de From Late Middle English distillen (“to fall, flow, or shed in drops, drop, trickle; to shed drops; to fill (the eyes) with tears; (alchemy, medicine) to subject (something) to distillation; to obtain (something) using distillation; to distil; to condense or vaporize; (figuratively) to give (good fortune) to; to say (slanderous words)”) [and other forms], from Old French distiller (modern French distiller (“to distil”)), and from its etymon Latin distīllāre, a variant of Latin dēstīllāre, the present active infinitive of dēstīllō (“to drip or trickle down; to distil”), from dē- (prefix meaning ‘down, down from, down to’) + stīllō (“to drip, drop, trickle; to distil”) (from stīlla (“drop of liquid; (figuratively) small quantity”), probably a diminutive of stīria (“ice drop; icicle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“stiff”)). cognates * French distiller (“to distil”) * Italian distillare (“to distil”) * Occitan distillar * Portuguese destilar (“to distil; to drip”) * Spanish destilar (“to distil; to exude; to filter”)