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Definition distil in British English

distil verb

[transitive] verb
/dɪˈstɪl/
1

to make a liquid more pure by heating it until it becomes a gas and then making it colder so that it becomes a liquid again

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1.1

to use this process to make an alcoholic drink such as whisky

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1.2

to obtain liquid or oil from a plant using a similar process

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2

to produce a summary that contains only the most important ideas or pieces of information

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Definition distil in British English