cohobate

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English

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Etymology

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From New Latin cohobātus, past participle of cohobāre, perhaps from Arabic كَعَّبَ (kaʕʕaba).[1]

Verb

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cohobate (third-person singular simple present cohobates, present participle cohobating, simple past and past participle cohobated)

  1. (physical chemistry, alchemy) To treat a material with a boiling liquid and repeatedly return the distillate.
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Noun

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cohobate (plural cohobates)

  1. The concentrated distillate so formed

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