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evaporate

eva·po·rate

UK/ɪˈvæp.ə.ɹeɪt/ US/ɪˈvæp.ə.ɹæɪt/ uncommon obsolete

verb

1.

lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue

  • “evaporate milk”
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2.

cause to change into a vapor

  • “The chemist evaporated the water”
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3.

change into a vapor

  • “The water evaporated in front of our eyes”
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Origin

First attested in 1545, borrowed from Latin ēvapōrātus, the perfect passive participle of ēvapōrō (“to evaporate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). See also Middle English evaporaten (“to draw off humors or "spirits" as "vapor"”) and evaporen (“to draw off bodily fluid, an excess or toxic matter by converting it into "vapor"; to treat (a part of the body) by drawing off toxic matter converted into "vapor"”). Participial usage up until Early Modern English.

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