Topic: TECHNOLOGY
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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | distiller, from Latin stillare 'to fall in drops' |
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dis‧till , distil
past tense and past participle distilled, present participle distilling [transitive]
past tense and past participle distilled, present participle distilling [transitive]1HCT to make a liquid such as water or alcohol more pure by heating it so that it becomes a gas and then letting it cool. Drinks such as whisky are made this way : 
distilled water
distilled water2 to remove a chemical substance from a plant, for example by heating or pressing it
3 to get the main ideas or facts from a much larger amount of information
distill something into something The notes I had brought back were waiting to be distilled into a book.
The notes I had brought back were waiting to be distilled into a book. —distillation noun [uncountable and countable]
noun [uncountable and countable]