Third-person singular present tense of distill; to purify a liquid by distillation, or to reduce something to its most important parts.
From Latin distillare. In modern use, distill also means figuratively to extract the essential meaning or elements from something.
We use 'distill' metaphorically all the time—when scientists 'distill findings' or someone 'distills their thoughts,' we're using an old chemistry term to mean 'get to the pure essence!'
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