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English
Etymology
From New Latin cohobātus, past participle of cohobāre, perhaps from Arabic كَعَّبَ (kaʕʕaba).
Verb
cohobate (third-person singular simple present cohobates, present participle cohobating, simple past and past participle cohobated)
- (physical chemistry, alchemy) To treat a material with a boiling liquid and repeatedly return the distillate.
Translations
to treat a material with a boiling liquid and repeatedly return the distillate
Noun
cohobate (plural cohobates)
- The concentrated distillate so formed
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