Evaporate
Evaporate , intransitive verb
[Latin evaporatus, past participle 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 particles too minute to be visible.
2.
To escape or pass off without effect; to be dissipated; to be wasted, as, the spirit of a writer often evaporates in the process of translation.
To give moderate liberty for griefs and discontents to evaporate... is a safe way.
Evaporate , transitive verb
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. [Rare]
My lord of Essex evaporated his thoughts in a sonnet.
Collocations (1)
Evaporating surface (Steam Boilers) , that part of the heating surface with which water is in contact.
Evaporate , adjective
[Latin evaporatus, p. p.]
Dispersed in vapors. — Thomson