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Webster 1913 Edition
Cohobate
Coˊho-bate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Cohobated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Cohobating
.] [LL.
cohobare
; prob. of Arabic origin: cf. F. cohober
.] (Anc. Chem.)
To repeat the distillation of, pouring the liquor back upon the matter remaining in the vessel.
Arbuthnot.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cohobate
COHOBATE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
cohobate
cohobate
English
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.
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Translations
to treat a material with a boiling liquid and repeatedly return the distillate
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