Followed by off or out: to expel (a volatile substance) from something by distillation.
To impart (information, etc.) in small quantities; to infuse.
To make (something, especially spirits such as gin and whisky) by distillation.
To drip or be wet with some liquid.
To flow or pass gently or slowly; hence (figuratively) to be manifested gently or gradually.
To exude (a liquid) in small drops; also, to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops.
To heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid, either to purify the original substance or to obtain one of its components; to subject to distillation.
To transform a thing (into something else) by distillation.
To fall or trickle down in small drops; to exude, to ooze out; also, to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops.
To turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation.
To extract the essence of (something) by, or as if by, distillation; to concentrate, to purify.
To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb).
To select parts of a whole
To determine (a root of a number).
To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.
To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.
A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue
Something that is extracted or drawn out.
Ancestry; descent.
A draft or copy of writing; a certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgment therein, with an order for execution.
Any substance extracted is such a way, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained
A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant (distinguished from an abstract).
A portion of a book or document, incorporated distinctly in another work; a citation; a quotation.