cohobate
[ koh-hoh-beyt ]
/ ˈkoʊ hoʊˌbeɪt /
verb (used with object), co·ho·bat·ed, co·ho·bat·ing. Pharmacology.
to distill again from the same or a similar substance, as by pouring a distilled liquid back upon the matter remaining in the vessel, or upon another mass of similar matter.
Origin of cohobate
1635–45; < New Latin
cohobātus (past participle of
cohobāre), equivalent to
kohob repetition (Paracelsian term, perhaps < dialectal Arabic
kaʿab second) +
-ātus
-ate1
OTHER WORDS FROM cohobate
co·ho·ba·tion, noun co·ho·ba·tor, nounWords nearby cohobate
Example sentences from the Web for cohobated
In this manner he cohobated and distilled his Spirit twenty times, with the same Salt.
Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed. |Pierre Joseph Macquer
British Dictionary definitions for cohobated
cohobate
/ (ˈkəʊhəʊˌbeɪt) /
verb
(tr) pharmacol
to redistil (a distillate), esp by allowing it to mingle with the remaining matter
Word Origin for cohobate
C17: from New Latin
cohobāre, perhaps from Arabic
ka`aba to repeat an action