verb

• (transitive)
• To exude (a liquid) in small drops; also, to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops.
• (by extension, figuratively) To impart (information, etc.) in small quantities; to infuse.
• To heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid, either to purify the original substance or to obtain one of its components; to subject to distillation.
• Followed by off or out: to expel (a volatile substance) from something by distillation.
• (also figuratively)
• To extract the essence of (something) by, or as if by, distillation; to concentrate, to purify.
• To transform a thing (into something else) by distillation.
• (also figuratively) To make (something, especially spirits such as gin and whisky) by distillation.
• (obsolete) To dissolve or melt (something).
• (intransitive)
• To fall or trickle down in small drops; to exude, to ooze out; also, to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops.
• To flow or pass gently or slowly; hence (figuratively) to be manifested gently or gradually.
• To drip or be wet with some liquid.
• To turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation.