v past tense and past participledistilledpresent participledistilling [T]

[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: distiller, from Latin stillare 'to fall in drops']
to make a liquid such as water or alcohol more pure by heating it so that it becomes a gas and then letting it cool. Drinks such as whisky are made this way
　distilled water
to remove a chemical substance from a plant, for example by heating or pressing it
to get the main ideas or facts from a much larger amount of information
distill sth into sth
　The notes I had brought back were waiting to be distilled into a book.
>distillation [,dɪstɪ'leɪʃən/