Distill (verb)

1. To purify a liquid by heating it so that it becomes vapor, then cooling and collecting the resulting condensed liquid.
2. To extract the essential elements from something and present them in a concentrated form.

Origin:

From the latin distillare, from dis- + stillare to drop, from stilla drop.

Examples:

1. The process of distilling alcohol is used to make whiskey and other spirits.
2. The oil is distilled to remove impurities.
3. The scientist distilled the data to identify the most important findings.
4. The author distilled his thoughts into a single sentence.
5. The researcher distilled the information from the interviews into a report.