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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.
Among chimists, to repeat the distillation of the same liquor or that from the same body, pouring the liquor back upon the matte remaining in the vessel.