Evaporate

evaporate
    v 1: lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more
         concentrated residue; "evaporate milk" [syn: {evaporate},
         {vaporize}, {vaporise}]
    2: cause to change into a vapor; "The chemist evaporated the
       water" [syn: {evaporate}, {vaporise}]
    3: change into a vapor; "The water evaporated in front of our
       eyes" [syn: {evaporate}, {vaporise}]
    4: become less intense and fade away gradually; "her resistance
       melted under his charm"; "her hopes evaporated after years of
       waiting for her fiance" [syn: {melt}, {disappear},
       {evaporate}]
    

Evaporate \E*vap"o*rate\, a. [L. evaporatus, p. p.]
   Dispersed in vapors. --Thomson.
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Evaporate \E*vap"o*rate\, v. i. [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 particles too
      minute to be visible.
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   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.
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            To give moderate liberty for griefs and discontents
            to evaporate . . . is a safe way.     --Bacon.
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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.
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   2. To expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial
      heat), leaving the solid portion; to subject to
      evaporation; as, to evaporate apples.
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   3. To give vent to; to dissipate. [R.]
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            My lord of Essex evaporated his thoughts in a
            sonnet.                               --Sir. H.
                                                  Wotton.
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   {Evaporating surface} (Steam Boilers), that part of the
      heating surface with which water is in contact.
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148 Moby Thesaurus words for "evaporate":
      aerate, aerify, air-dry, anhydrate, atomize, attenuate, bake,
      be annihilated, be consumed, be destroyed, be gone, be no more,
      be wiped out, blast-freeze, blot, blow off, brine, brush, burn,
      carbonate, cast forth, cease, cease to be, cease to exist,
      chlorinate, clear, clear away, corn, cure, dehumidify, dehydrate,
      dematerialize, depart, desiccate, die, die away, die out, dilute,
      disappear, dispel, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, distill,
      do a fade-out, drain, drive away, dry, dry-cure, dry-salt, dwindle,
      embalm, emit, erode, escape, etherify, etherize, evanesce, exhale,
      exit, expire, exsiccate, fade, fade away, fade out, fire, flee,
      fleet, flit, fluidize, fly, fractionate, freeze, freeze-dry, fume,
      fumigate, gasify, give off, go, go away, hide, hydrogenate,
      insolate, irradiate, jerk, kiln, kipper, leave no trace,
      leave the scene, marinade, marinate, melt, melt away,
      melt like snow, mummify, oxygenate, parch, pass, pass away,
      pass off, pass out, perfume, perish, peter out, pickle,
      preservatize, quick-freeze, reek, refrigerate, retire from sight,
      rub, salt, scorch, sear, season, send out, shrivel, sink,
      sink away, smoke, smoke-cure, soak up, sponge, spray, steam, stuff,
      sublimate, sublime, suffer an eclipse, sun, sun-dry, swab, thin,
      thin out, torrefy, towel, vanish, vanish from sight, vaporize,
      volatilize, waste, waste away, weaken, wear away, weazen, wipe,
      wither, wizen