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

distill \distill"\, v. t.
   1. to let fall or send down in drops.
      1913 webster

            or o'er the glebe distill the kindly rain. --pope.
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            the dew which on the tender grass
            the evening had distilled.            --drayton.
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   2. to obtain by distillation; to subject to a process of
      evaporation and subsequent condensation; to extract by
      distillation, as spirits, essential oil, etc.; to rectify;
      as, to distill brandy from wine; to distill alcoholic
      spirits from grain; to distill essential oils from
      flowers, etc.; to distill fresh water from sea water.
      "distilling odors on me." --tennyson.
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   3. to subject to distillation; as, to distill molasses in
      making rum; to distill barley, rye, corn, etc.
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   4. to dissolve or melt. r.
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            swords by the lightning's subtle force distilled.
                                                  --addison.
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   5. to extract out and present the essence of; to shorten and
      refine; to present the essential elements of; -- of ideas
      or texts.
      pjc

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

distill \distill"\, 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.
      1913 webster

            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.
      1913 webster
see also:
distilled distilling still instill distil 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

distill
     v 1: remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and
          separate through the process of distillation; "purify
          the water" syn: purify, sublimate, make pure
     2: undergo the process of distillation syn: distil
     3: extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence
        of this compound" syn: extract, distil
     4: 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, distil
     5: give off a liquid; "the doctor distilled a few drops of
        disinfectant onto the wound" syn: distil
see also:
purify sublimate make pure distil extract condense 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

93 moby thesaurus words for "distill":
   aerate, aerify, atomize, boil, bolt, bootleg, brew, carbonate,
   chlorinate, clarify, clear, concentrate, condense, decoct,
   decrassify, depurate, dribble, drip, dripple, drop, edulcorate,
   elute, emit, essentialize, etherify, etherize, evaporate, exhale,
   express, extract, filter, filtrate, fluidize, fractionate, fume,
   fumigate, gasify, give off, gurgle, hydrogenate, infuse, leach,
   leak, leak out, lixiviate, melt down, moonlight, moonshine, narrow,
   oversimplify, oxygenate, percolate, perfume, press out, purify,
   rectify, reduce, reduce to elements, reek, refine, render, screen,
   seep, seethe, send out, separate, sieve, sift, simmer, simplify,
   smoke, soak, spiritualize, spray, spurtle, steam, steep, stew,
   strain, streamline, strip down, sublimate, sublime, sweat, trickle,
   trill, try, vaporize, volatilize, weep, winnow, wring, wring out

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