Present participle of cohobate; the process of repeatedly distilling a liquid.
Modern English gerund form of 'cohobate,' following standard -ing suffix rules for continuous action.
Watching an alchemist cohobating would be hypnotic—constantly pouring distillate back, heating, condensing, repeating—a meditation on the idea that transformation requires patience and repetition.
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