Dictionary entry

Cohobate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Co′ho‐bate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Cohobated; p. pr. & vb. n.Cohobating.] [LL. cohobare; prob. of Arabic origin: cf. F. cohober.] (Anc. Chem.) To repeat the distillation of, pouring the liquor back upon the matter remaining in the vessel. Arbuthnot.