evaporate

[E*vap·o*rate]

To evaporate is to fade away or to literally turn into vapor. If you leave a glass of water out and the water slowly disappears, it's not being consumed by elves; it's evaporating.

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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.

Verb
lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue; "evaporate milk"

Verb
change into a vapor; "The water evaporated in front of our eyes"

Verb
cause to change into a vapor; "The chemist evaporated the water"

v. t.
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.

v. t.
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.

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

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

v. t.
To give vent to; to dissipate.

a.
Dispersed in vapors.

Evaporate

E*vap"o*rate , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evaporated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Evaporating .] [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.

Evaporate

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.

Evaporating surface (Steam Boilers), that part of the heating surface with which water is in contact.

Evaporate

E*vap"o*rate , a. [L. evaporatus, p. p.] Dispersed in vapors. Thomson.

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.

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

Dispersed in vapors.

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Usage Examples

The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeable evaporate.

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Other Usage Examples

Poetry is of so subtle a spirit, that in the pouring out of one language into another it will evaporate.