Distilled
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Distill \Dis*till"\, 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.
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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.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "distilled":
absolute, bare, clarified, clear, naked, neat, purified, rectified,
sheer, straight, unadulterated, unalloyed, unblended, uncombined,
uncompounded, uncorrupted, undiluted, unfortified, unleavened,
unmingled, unmixed, unsophisticated, untinged
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