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To evaporate is defined as to turn from a liquid into a gas, or to stop existing.

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When water gets really hot and turns to steam, this is an example of a time when the water evaporates.
When your thriving career ends, this is an example of a time when your career evaporates.

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See evaporate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb evaporated, evaporating

to change (a liquid or solid) into vapor; drive out or draw off in the form of vapor
to remove moisture from (milk, vegetables, fruits, etc.) by heating or drying so as to get a concentrated product
1. to deposit (a metal, metallic salts, etc.) by sublimation
2. to drive out (neutrons, electrons, etc.)

Origin: ME evaporaten < L evaporatus, pp. of evaporare < e-, out, from + vaporare, to emit vapor < vapor, vapor

intransitive verb

to become vapor; pass off in the form of vapor
to give off vapor
to disappear like vapor; vanish

Related Forms:

evaporation noun
evaporative adjective
evaporator noun

See evaporate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb e·vap·o·rat·ed, e·vap·o·rat·ing, e·vap·o·rates

verb, transitive

a. To convert or change into a vapor.
b. 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.

verb, intransitive

a. To change into vapor.
b. To pass off in or as vapor.
To produce vapor.
To disappear; vanish: Our fears at last evaporated. See Synonyms at disappear.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English evaporaten

Origin: , from Latin ēvapōrāre, ēvapōrāt-

Origin: : ē-, ex-, ex-

Origin: + vapor, steam

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Related Forms:

e·vapˌo·raˈtion noun

e·vapˈo·raˌtive adjective

e·vapˈo·raˌtive·ly adverb

e·vapˌo·ra·tivˈi·ty (-ərə-tĭvˈĭ-tē) noun

e·vapˈo·raˌtor noun

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