Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
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
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
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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