cohobate

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  1. In pharmacy, to redistil from the same or a similar substance, as a distilled liquid poured back upon the matter remaining in the vessel, or upon another mass of similar matter. The cohobated water of rue can never be sufficiently recommended for the cure of the falling sickness, the hysteric passion, for expelling poison, and promoting of sweat and perspiration. P. Shaw, Chemistry, xvi.

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  1. from Middle Latin cohobatus, past participle of cohobare (later F. cohober = Spanish Portuguese cohobar), redistil; prob. of Arabic origin.
 

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