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e⋅vap⋅o⋅rate

  [i-vap-uh-reyt] verb, -rat⋅ed, -rat⋅ing.
Use evaporating in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to change from a liquid or solid state into vapor; pass off in vapor.
2. to give off moisture.
3. to disappear; vanish; fade: His hopes evaporated.
–verb (used with object)
4. to convert into a gaseous state or vapor; drive off or extract in the form of vapor: The warm sun evaporated the dew.
5. to extract moisture or liquid from, as by heat, so as to make dry or to reduce to a denser state: to evaporate fruit.
6. to cause to disappear or fade; dissipate: His involvement in the scandal evaporated any hope he had for a political career.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME evaporaten < L ēvapōrātus (ptp. of ēvapōrāre to disperse in vapor); see e-, vapor, -ate 1

Synonyms:
1. vaporize. 3. evanesce. 5. Evaporate, dehydrate, dry mean to abstract moisture from. To evaporate is to remove moisture by means of heat, forced ventilation, or the like, and thus to produce condensation or shriveling: to evaporate milk, sliced apples. To dehydrate is to remove moisture from a vegetable, fruit, or body tissue: to dehydrate fruit; dehydrated from running. To dry may mean to wipe moisture off the surface or to withdraw moisture by natural means, such as exposure to air or heat: to dry a dish, clothes.
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e·vap·o·rate   (ĭ-vāp'ə-rāt')   
v.   e·vap·o·rat·ed, e·vap·o·rat·ing, e·vap·o·rates

v.   tr.
    1. To convert or change into a vapor.
    2. To draw off in the form of vapor.
  2. To draw moisture from, as by heating, leaving only the dry solid portion.
  3. To deposit (a metal) on a substrate by vacuum sublimation.
v.   intr.
    1. To change into vapor.
    2. To pass off in or as vapor.
  2. To produce vapor.
  3. To disappear; vanish: Our fears at last evaporated. See Synonyms at disappear.

[Middle English evaporaten, from Latin ēvapōrāre, ēvapōrāt- : ē-, ex-, ex- + vapor, steam.]
e·vap'o·ra'tion n., e·vap'o·ra'tive adj., e·vap'o·ra'tive·ly adv., e·vap'o·ra·tiv'i·ty (-ərə-tĭv'ĭ-tē) n., e·vap'o·ra'tor n.
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