Verb

(en verb)

(lb) To subject a substance to distillation.

(lb) To undergo or be produced by distillation.

(lb) To make by means of distillation, especially whisky.

(lb) To exude in small drops.

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(lb) To impart in small quantities.

(lb) To extract the essence of; concentrate; purify.

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*:Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy […] distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its savour.

(lb) To trickle down or fall in small drops; ooze out.

*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)

*:Soft showers distilled , and suns grew warm in vain.

*Sir (Walter Raleigh) (ca.1554-1618)

*:The Euphrates distilleth out of the mountains of Armenia.

(lb) To be manifested gently or gradually.

(lb) To drip or be wet with.

Verb

(evaporat)

to transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state

to expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion

to evaporate apples

to give vent to; to dissipate

* Sir H. Wotton

My lord of Essex evaporated his thoughts in a sonnet.

(figuratively) to disappear; to escape or pass off without effect

* Francis Bacon

To give moderate liberty for griefs and discontents to evaporate is a safe way.

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