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evaporate.

To transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state.

9 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɪˈvæp.ə.ɹeɪt/Canada, UK, US/ɪˈvæp.ə.ɹæɪt/Australia/i-/uncommon
  1. To transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state.

    ergative
  2. To expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion.

    transitive
    to evaporate apples
  3. To give vent to; to dissipate.

    figuratively · transitive
  4. To disappear; to escape or pass off without effect.

    figuratively · intransitive
  5. To cause to disappear or to escape or pass off without effect.

    figuratively · transitive
Where this word comes from

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.

adj/ɪˈvæp.ə.ɹeɪt/Canada, UK, US/ɪˈvæp.ə.ɹæɪt/Australia/i-/uncommon
  1. evaporated

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

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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