EVAPORATE

evaporate, vaporize, vaporise

(verb) lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue; “evaporate milk”

evaporate, vaporise

(verb) change into a vapor; “The water evaporated in front of our eyes”

evaporate, vaporise

(verb) cause to change into a vapor; “The chemist evaporated the water”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

evaporate (third-person singular simple present evaporates, present participle evaporating, simple past and past participle evaporated)

(intransitive) to transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state

(transitive) to expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion

(transitive) to give vent to; to dissipate

(figuratively) to disappear; to escape or pass off without effect

Source: Wiktionary

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E*vap"o*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evaporated; p. pr. & vb. n. Evaporating.] Etym: [L. evaporatus, p. p. of evaporare; e out + vapor steam or vapor. See Vapor.]

1. To pass off in vapor, as a fluid; to escape and be dissipated, either in visible vapor, or in practice too minute to be visible.

2. To escape or pass off without effect; to be dissipated; to be wasted, as, the spirit of writer often evaporates in the process of translation. To give moderate liberty for griefs and discontents to evaporate . . . is a safe way. Bacon.

E*vap"o*rate, v. t.

1. To convert from a liquid or solid state into vapor (usually) by the agency of heat; to dissipate in vapor or fumes.

2. To expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion; to subject to evaporation; as, to evaporate apples.

3. To give vent to; to dissipate. [R.] My lord of Essex evaporated his thoughts in a sonnet. Sir. H. Wotton. Evaporating surface (Steam Boilers), that part of the heating surface with which water is in contact.

E*vap"o*rate, a. Etym: [L. evaporatus, p. p.]

Definition: Dispersed in vapors. Thomson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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