Definition of: distil

(di·stil′) v. ·tilled, ·til·ling v.t.
1. To subject to or as to distillation, so as to purify, concentrate, or refine.
2. To extract volatile substances from by distillation: to distil corn.
3. To extract or produce by distillation: to distil whisky.
4. To give forth or send down in drops: The clouds distil rain.
—v.i.
5. To undergo distillation.
6. To exude in drops; trickle; drip. Also dis·till′. [<L distillare, var. of destillare <de- down + stillare drop, trickle]
—dis·til′la·ble adjective