verb
- to redistill a liquid, especially a distilled spirit, by pouring it back through the same material or process to increase its strength or purity
Usage: archaic; chiefly historical in alchemy and distillation
Examples
- Medieval alchemists would cohobate their distillates multiple times to achieve greater potency.
- The apothecary cohobates the spirit to remove impurities.
- By cohobating the liquid through the same alembic, the distiller increased its concentration.
- Ancient texts describe how to cohobate essences for medicinal purposes.