COHOBATE

Etymology

Verb

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

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

Noun

cohobate (plural cohobates)

The concentrated distillate so formed

Source: Wiktionary


Co`ho*bate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cohobated; p. pr. & vb. n. Cohobating.] Etym: [LL. cohobare; prob. of Arabic origin: cf. F. cohober.] (Anc. Chem.)

Definition: To repeat the distillation of, pouring the liquor back upon the matter remaining in the vessel. Arbuthnot.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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