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VOLATILIZE
volatilize, volatilise
(verb) make volatile; cause to pass off in a vapor
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
volatilize (third-person singular simple present volatilizes, present participle volatilizing, simple past and past participle volatilized)
(transitive) To make volatile; to cause to evaporate.
(transitive, figurative) To make insubstantial; to dissipate.
(intransitive) To become volatile; to evaporate.
Source: Wiktionary
Vol"a*til*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Volatilized; p. pr. & vb. n. Volatilizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. volatiliser.]
Definition: To render volatile; to cause to exhale or evaporate; to cause to pass off in vapor. The water . . . dissolving the oil, and volatilizing it by the action. Sir I. Newton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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