e|vap|o|rate

e|vap|o|rate
e|vap|o|rate «ih VAP uh rayt», verb, -rat|ed, -rat|ing.
–v.i.
1. to turn into vapor; change from a liquid or solid into a vapor: »

Boiling water evaporates rapidly. Some solids, such as moth balls and dry ice, evaporate without melting.

 SYNONYM(S): volatilize, vaporize.
2. to give off moisture.
3. Figurative. to vanish; disappear: »

His good resolutions evaporated after New Year.

SYNONYM(S): dissipate.
–v.t.
1. to remove water or other liquid from, for example by heat, in order to dry or to reduce to a more concentrated state: »

Heat is used to evaporate milk.

2. to cause to change from a liquid (or less often, solid) into a vapor; drive off in the form of vapor: »

Heat evaporates water.

╂[< Latin ēvapōrāre (with English -ate1) < ex- out + vapor vapor, steam]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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