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.
To convert or change into a vapor. To draw off in the form of vapor.
To draw moisture from, as by heating, leaving only the dry solid portion. To deposit (a metal) on a substrate by vacuum sublimation.
v.
intr.
To change into vapor. To pass off in or as vapor.
To produce vapor. 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. |
