verb
- the process of repeatedly distilling a liquid, especially in alchemy or early chemistry, by pouring the distillate back over the original material and distilling again
Usage: archaic; historical; chiefly used in alchemy and early chemistry
Examples
- Medieval alchemists practiced cohobating as a method to purify and concentrate their essences.
- The alchemist spent weeks cohobating the liquid to achieve the desired potency.
- Cohobating was believed to extract the spiritual essence from material substances.
- Early chemists used cohobating techniques before modern distillation equipment was developed.