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"expansion": "Middle English distillen (“to fall, flow, or shed in drops, drop, trickle; to shed drops; to fill (the eyes) with tears; (alchemy, medicine) to subject (something) to distillation; to obtain (something) using distillation; to distil; to condense or vaporize; (figuratively) to give (good fortune) to; to say (slanderous words)”)",
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"t": "to drip or trickle down; to distil"
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"expansion": "French distiller (“to distil”)",
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"t": "to distil"
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"expansion": "Italian distillare (“to distil”)",
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"expansion": "Occitan distillar",
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"t": "to distil; to drip"
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"expansion": "Portuguese destilar (“to distil; to drip”)",
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"t": "to distil; to exude; to filter"
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"english": "device for distilling liquids",
"word": "still"
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"text": "Firs distil resin.",
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"ref": "1912, J[ean-]Henri Fabre, “The Garden Spiders: Pairing and Hunting”, in Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, transl., The Life of the Spider, New York, N.Y.: Blue Ribbon Books, →OCLC, page 315",
"text": "Animals are a little like ourselves: they excel in an art only on condition of specializing in it. The Epeira, who, being omnivorous, is obliged to generalize, abandons scientific methods and makes up for this by distilling a poison capable of producing torpor and even death, no matter what the point attacked.",
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"To exude (a liquid) in small drops; also, to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops."
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"To exude (a liquid) in small drops; also, to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops."
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"roman": "proceždam se",
"sense": "to exude (a liquid) in small drops; to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops",
"word": "процеждам се"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to exude (a liquid) in small drops; to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops",
"word": "destil·lar"
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"_dis1": "51 4 6 6 1 0 1 2 18 2 2 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to exude (a liquid) in small drops; to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops",
"word": "tihkuttaa"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to exude (a liquid) in small drops; to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops",
"word": "whakamāturuturu"
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"To impart (information, etc.) in small quantities; to infuse."
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"ref": "1823 November 30, Michael Faraday, “LXXXVI. On Fluid Chlorine. […]”, in Alexander Tilloch, Richard Taylor, editors, The Philosophical Magazine and Journal: Comprehending the Various Branches of Science, the Liberal and Fine Arts, Agriculture, Manufactures, and Commerce, volume LXII, number 307, London: […] Richard Taylor, […]; and sold by Cadell; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; […], →OCLC, page 414",
"text": "By putting the hydrate into a bent tube, afterwards hermetically sealed, I found it easy, after decomposing it by a heat of 100°, to distil the yellow fluid to one end of the tube, and so separate it from the remaining portion.",
"type": "quotation"
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"ref": "1869 August 21, John Lyon, “The Self-made Chemist. A True Story, from the Scrap-book of an Old Reporter.”, in The Utah Magazine: The Home Journal of the People. […], volume III, number 16, Salt Lake City, Ut.: W[illiam] S[amuel] Godbe and E[lias] L[acy] T[homas] Harrison, →OCLC, page 251, column 2",
"text": "[I]n fact, it [kelp] is used in a variety of medicines; we boil, burn, and distil it to produce salts, corrodents, sublimates, and other medicinal substances.",
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"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."
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"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."
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"roman": "destiliram",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "дестилирам"
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"_dis1": "6 1 49 9 2 3 2 2 5 1 2 18",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "destil·lar"
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"_dis1": "6 1 49 9 2 3 2 2 5 1 2 18",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "蒸餾"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 1 49 9 2 3 2 2 5 1 2 18",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhēngliú",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "蒸馏"
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"_dis1": "6 1 49 9 2 3 2 2 5 1 2 18",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "destillere"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "distilleren"
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"_dis1": "6 1 49 9 2 3 2 2 5 1 2 18",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "distili"
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"_dis1": "6 1 49 9 2 3 2 2 5 1 2 18",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "tislata"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "distiller"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "destillieren"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apostázo",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "αποστάζω"
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"_dis1": "6 1 49 9 2 3 2 2 5 1 2 18",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "desztillál"
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{
"_dis1": "6 1 49 9 2 3 2 2 5 1 2 18",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "lepárol"
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"_dis1": "6 1 49 9 2 3 2 2 5 1 2 18",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "driog"
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{
"_dis1": "6 1 49 9 2 3 2 2 5 1 2 18",
"alt": "じょうりゅうする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jōryū suru",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "蒸留する"
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"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "destillō"
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"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "suling"
},
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"_dis1": "6 1 49 9 2 3 2 2 5 1 2 18",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "iheu"
},
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"_dis1": "6 1 49 9 2 3 2 2 5 1 2 18",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "īheuheu"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 1 49 9 2 3 2 2 5 1 2 18",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "whakaturuturu"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 1 49 9 2 3 2 2 5 1 2 18",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
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"word": "distîler"
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"_dis1": "6 1 49 9 2 3 2 2 5 1 2 18",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "destillere"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 1 49 9 2 3 2 2 5 1 2 18",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "destillere"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 1 49 9 2 3 2 2 5 1 2 18",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "destilar"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 1 49 9 2 3 2 2 5 1 2 18",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "distila"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 1 49 9 2 3 2 2 5 1 2 18",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "distillírovatʹ",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"tags": [
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"word": "дистилли́ровать"
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"_dis1": "6 1 49 9 2 3 2 2 5 1 2 18",
"code": "gd",
"english": "spirits",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "tarraing"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 1 49 9 2 3 2 2 5 1 2 18",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "destilar"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 1 49 9 2 3 2 2 5 1 2 18",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "alambicar"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 1 49 9 2 3 2 2 5 1 2 18",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "destillera"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 1 49 9 2 3 2 2 5 1 2 18",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
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{
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ster-"
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"name": "root"
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},
{
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"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "distiller"
},
"expansion": "Old French distiller",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "distiller",
"t": "to distil"
},
"expansion": "French distiller (“to distil”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "etymon"
},
"expansion": "etymon",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "distīllāre"
},
"expansion": "Latin distīllāre",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "dēstīllāre"
},
"expansion": "Latin dēstīllāre",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "present"
},
"expansion": "present",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "active"
},
"expansion": "active",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "infinitive"
},
"expansion": "infinitive",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "dēstīllō",
"t": "to drip or trickle down; to distil"
},
"expansion": "dēstīllō (“to drip or trickle down; to distil”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "prefix"
},
"expansion": "prefix",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "dē-",
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},
"expansion": "dē- (prefix meaning ‘down, down from, down to’)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "stīllō",
"t": "to drip, drop, trickle; to distil"
},
"expansion": "stīllō (“to drip, drop, trickle; to distil”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "stīlla",
"t": "drop of liquid; (figuratively) small quantity"
},
"expansion": "stīlla (“drop of liquid; (figuratively) small quantity”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "diminutive"
},
"expansion": "diminutive",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "stīria",
"t": "ice drop; icicle"
},
"expansion": "stīria (“ice drop; icicle”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ster-",
"t": "stiff"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“stiff”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "|",
"name": "!"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "distiller",
"t": "to distil"
},
"expansion": "French distiller (“to distil”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "distillare",
"t": "to distil"
},
"expansion": "Italian distillare (“to distil”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "oc",
"2": "distillar"
},
"expansion": "Occitan distillar",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "destilar",
"t": "to distil; to drip"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese destilar (“to distil; to drip”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "destilar",
"t": "to distil; to exude; to filter"
},
"expansion": "Spanish destilar (“to distil; to exude; to filter”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"singular",
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"participle",
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},
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},
{
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},
{
"word": "distillatory"
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}
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"English transitive verbs"
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"text": "Firs distil resin.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1912, J[ean-]Henri Fabre, “The Garden Spiders: Pairing and Hunting”, in Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, transl., The Life of the Spider, New York, N.Y.: Blue Ribbon Books, →OCLC, page 315",
"text": "Animals are a little like ourselves: they excel in an art only on condition of specializing in it. The Epeira, who, being omnivorous, is obliged to generalize, abandons scientific methods and makes up for this by distilling a poison capable of producing torpor and even death, no matter what the point attacked.",
"type": "quotation"
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"To exude (a liquid) in small drops; also, to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops."
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[
"liquid",
"liquid#Noun"
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"small",
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[
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],
[
"give off",
"give off"
],
[
"vapour",
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[
"condenses",
"condense#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"To exude (a liquid) in small drops; also, to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops."
],
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"UK",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
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],
"glosses": [
"To impart (information, etc.) in small quantities; to infuse."
],
"links": [
[
"impart",
"impart"
],
[
"information",
"information"
],
[
"quantities",
"quantity"
],
[
"infuse",
"infuse"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"(by extension, figuratively) To impart (information, etc.) in small quantities; to infuse."
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"tags": [
"UK",
"broadly",
"figuratively",
"transitive"
]
},
{
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{
"ref": "1823 November 30, Michael Faraday, “LXXXVI. On Fluid Chlorine. […]”, in Alexander Tilloch, Richard Taylor, editors, The Philosophical Magazine and Journal: Comprehending the Various Branches of Science, the Liberal and Fine Arts, Agriculture, Manufactures, and Commerce, volume LXII, number 307, London: […] Richard Taylor, […]; and sold by Cadell; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; […], →OCLC, page 414",
"text": "By putting the hydrate into a bent tube, afterwards hermetically sealed, I found it easy, after decomposing it by a heat of 100°, to distil the yellow fluid to one end of the tube, and so separate it from the remaining portion.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1869 August 21, John Lyon, “The Self-made Chemist. A True Story, from the Scrap-book of an Old Reporter.”, in The Utah Magazine: The Home Journal of the People. […], volume III, number 16, Salt Lake City, Ut.: W[illiam] S[amuel] Godbe and E[lias] L[acy] T[homas] Harrison, →OCLC, page 251, column 2",
"text": "[I]n fact, it [kelp] is used in a variety of medicines; we boil, burn, and distil it to produce salts, corrodents, sublimates, and other medicinal substances.",
"type": "quotation"
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"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."
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"substance",
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],
[
"cool",
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],
[
"purify",
"purify"
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[
"original",
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[
"obtain",
"obtain"
],
[
"components",
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[
"subject",
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],
[
"distillation",
"distillation"
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"raw_glosses": [
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"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."
],
"tags": [
"UK",
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]
},
{
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"glosses": [
"Followed by off or out: to expel (a volatile substance) from something by distillation."
],
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"off",
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"out",
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"UK",
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]
},
{
"categories": [
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],
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"To extract the essence of (something) by, or as if by, distillation; to concentrate, to purify."
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"extract",
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[
"essence",
"essence"
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"concentrate",
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"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"(also figuratively)",
"To extract the essence of (something) by, or as if by, distillation; to concentrate, to purify."
],
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]
},
{
"categories": [
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],
"glosses": [
"To transform a thing (into something else) by distillation."
],
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],
[
"thing",
"thing"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"(also figuratively)",
"To transform a thing (into something else) by distillation."
],
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"UK",
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]
},
{
"categories": [
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"glosses": [
"To make (something, especially spirits such as gin and whisky) by distillation."
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"make",
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"spirits",
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"gin",
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"whisky",
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],
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"(transitive)",
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]
},
{
"categories": [
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],
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"To dissolve or melt (something)."
],
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"dissolve",
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],
[
"melt",
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]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"(obsolete) To dissolve or melt (something)."
],
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"UK",
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]
},
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{
"ref": "1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page iv",
"text": "The leaves of the foreſt were loaded with manna, pure amber dropped from every bough, honey diſtilled from the rifted rock, and the humming bee, drunk with joy, ſtrayed from flower to flower, forgetful of his burſting cells.",
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}
],
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"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."
],
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],
[
"ooze",
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],
[
"come",
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]
],
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"(intransitive)",
"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."
],
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"UK",
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]
},
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "a. 1837 (date written), Robert Grant, “Psalm CIV [O Worship the King]”, in [Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg], editor, Sacred Poems. […], new edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1868, →OCLC, stanza 4, page 34",
"text": "Thy bountiful care / What tongue can recite? / It breathes in the air, / It shines in the light: / It streams from the hills, / It descends to the plain, / And sweetly distils / In the dew and the rain.",
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}
],
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"To flow or pass gently or slowly; hence (figuratively) to be manifested gently or gradually."
],
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"flow",
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],
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"pass",
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],
[
"gently",
"gently"
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[
"slowly",
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],
[
"manifested",
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],
[
"gradually",
"gradually"
]
],
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"(intransitive)",
"To flow or pass gently or slowly; hence (figuratively) to be manifested gently or gradually."
],
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"UK",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
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],
"glosses": [
"To drip or be wet with some liquid."
],
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[
"drip",
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],
[
"wet",
"wet#Adjective"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive)",
"To drip or be wet with some liquid."
],
"tags": [
"UK",
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]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
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],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1823 November 30, Michael Faraday, “LXXXVI. On Fluid Chlorine. […]”, in Alexander Tilloch, Richard Taylor, editors, The Philosophical Magazine and Journal: Comprehending the Various Branches of Science, the Liberal and Fine Arts, Agriculture, Manufactures, and Commerce, volume LXII, number 307, London: […] Richard Taylor, […]; and sold by Cadell; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; […], →OCLC, page 419",
"text": "Carbonic acid is a limpid colourless body, extremely fluid, and floating upon the other contents of the tube. It distills readily and rapidly at the difference of temperature between 32° and 0°.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation."
],
"links": [
[
"turn into",
"turn into"
],
[
"undergo",
"undergo"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive)",
"To turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation."
],
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}
],
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},
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"ipa": "/dəˈstɪl/",
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "proceždam se",
"sense": "to exude (a liquid) in small drops; to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops",
"word": "процеждам се"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to exude (a liquid) in small drops; to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops",
"word": "destil·lar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to exude (a liquid) in small drops; to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops",
"word": "tihkuttaa"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to exude (a liquid) in small drops; to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops",
"word": "whakamāturuturu"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "destiliram",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "дестилирам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "destil·lar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "蒸餾"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhēngliú",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "蒸馏"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "destillere"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "distilleren"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "distili"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "tislata"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "distiller"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "destillieren"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apostázo",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "αποστάζω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "desztillál"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "lepárol"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "driog"
},
{
"alt": "じょうりゅうする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jōryū suru",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "蒸留する"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "destillō"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "suling"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "iheu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "īheuheu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "whakaturuturu"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"tags": [
"Jersey"
],
"word": "distîler"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "destillere"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "destillere"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "destilar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "distila"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "distillírovatʹ",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "дистилли́ровать"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"english": "spirits",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "tarraing"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "destilar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "alambicar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "destillera"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "chưng cất"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "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; to subject to distillation",
"word": "steilön"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation",
"word": "çəkmək"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "destiliram",
"sense": "to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation",
"word": "дестилирам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation",
"word": "destil·lar"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation",
"word": "destillere"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation",
"word": "tislata"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation",
"word": "destillieren"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation",
"tags": [
"Jersey"
],
"word": "distîler"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation",
"word": "destillere"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation",
"word": "destillere"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation",
"word": "destilar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "distillírovatʹ",
"sense": "to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "дистилли́ровать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gnatʹ",
"sense": "to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "гнать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pognátʹ",
"sense": "to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "погна́ть or загна́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "peregonjátʹ",
"sense": "to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "перегоня́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "peregnátʹ",
"sense": "to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "перегна́ть"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"english": "spirits",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation",
"word": "tarraing"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation",
"word": "destillera"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation",
"word": "steilön"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kapja",
"sense": "to fall or trickle down in small drops; to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops — see also exude, ooze",
"word": "капя"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to fall or trickle down in small drops; to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops — see also exude, ooze",
"word": "destil·lar"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to fall or trickle down in small drops; to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops — see also exude, ooze",
"word": "afdruppelen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to fall or trickle down in small drops; to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops — see also exude, ooze",
"word": "neerdruppelen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to fall or trickle down in small drops; to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops — see also exude, ooze",
"word": "sijpelen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to fall or trickle down in small drops; to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops — see also exude, ooze",
"word": "tihkua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to fall or trickle down in small drops; to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops — see also exude, ooze",
"word": "valua"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to fall or trickle down in small drops; to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops — see also exude, ooze",
"word": "māturuturu"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "destiliram se",
"sense": "to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation",
"word": "дестилирам се"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation",
"word": "destil·lar"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation",
"word": "destilleres"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation",
"word": "tislautua"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation",
"word": "driog"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation",
"word": "sheel"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation",
"word": "iheu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation",
"word": "īheuheu"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation",
"word": "destilleres"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation",
"word": "destilleras"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation",
"word": "destilar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation",
"word": "destilar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation",
"word": "alambicar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation",
"word": "destilleras"
}
],
"word": "distil"
}
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"name": "desc"
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},
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"2": "Distel"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "German: Distel"
},
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"2": "Dëschtel"
},
"expansion": "Luxembourgish: Dëschtel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Luxembourgish: Dëschtel"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "wym",
"2": "döstuł"
},
"expansion": "Vilamovian: döstuł",
"name": "desc"
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],
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},
{
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"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pdc",
"2": "Dischdel"
},
"expansion": "Pennsylvania German: Dischdel",
"name": "desc"
}
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}
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"2": "gmw-pro",
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"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *þistil, see also Old English þistel, Old Norse þistill.",
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"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
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"Old High German lemmas",
"Old High German nouns",
"Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Old High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Old High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic"
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"word": "distila"
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"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": zagnátʹ vs. pognátʹ",
"path": [
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"section": "English",
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"title": "distil",
"trace": ""
}
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