What does limbec mean?
Limbec means (obsolete, transitive) To distill..
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/ˈlɪmbɪk/ · verb
(obsolete, transitive) To distill..
I, by Love's limbec, am the grave / Of all that's nothing.
And the dull drops that from his purpled bill As from a limbec
the warder of the brain / Shall be a fume, and the receipt of reason / A limbec only.
Use limbec when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Limbec means (obsolete, transitive) To distill..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I, by Love's limbec, am the grave / Of all that's nothing.
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