Etymology

cohobate

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Today it means: To treat a material with a boiling liquid and repeatedly return the distillate. Full definition →

New Latin cohobātus ← Arabic كَعَّبَ
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  1. Arabic · derived fromكَعَّبَ
  2. New Latin · borrowed fromcohobātus
  3. English todaycohobate

From New Latin cohobātus, past participle of cohobāre, perhaps from Arabic كَعَّبَ (kaʕʕaba).

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