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extill

extill verb: to drop or distill.

Verb

extill (third-person singular simple present extills, present participle extilling, simple past and past participle extilled)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To drop or distill.
    • Oyl of Mace may be extilled after the ſame manner : it calcfies and digeſts frigid humours1657, Jean de Renou, Oylof Mace may be extilled after the fame manner : it calefies and digefts frigid humours

Forms of extill

third-person singular presentextills
present participleextilling
past participleextilled
pastextilled

Origin of extill

From Latin extillare, exstillare, from ex (“out”) + stillare (“to drop”), stilla (“drop”).

Questions about extill

What does extill mean?
Extill means to drop or distill.
What part of speech is extill?
Extill is a verb.
What is the past tense of extill?
The past tense of extill is extilled.

Words near extill in the dictionary

  1. exterritorially
  2. extersion
  3. extg
  4. extgs
  5. exthorio
  6. extill
  7. extillation
  8. extillations
  9. extilled
  10. extilling
  11. extills

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