verb
- to subject (a liquid, especially a distilled spirit) to repeated distillation
Usage: archaic; chiefly historical in alchemy and early chemistry
Examples
- Medieval alchemists would cohobate their distillates multiple times to increase purity.
- The apothecary cohobated the essence to strengthen its medicinal properties.
- Early chemists cohobated spirits through elaborate glass apparatus.
- To cohobate a liquid required patience and precise temperature control.