Evaporate

v. i. [imp. & p. p. EVAPORATED; p. pr. & vb. n. EVAPORATING.] [Lat. evaporare, evaporatum, from e, out, and vaporare, to emit steam or vapor, from vapor, steam or vapor; It. evaporare, Pr., Sp., & Pg. evaporar, Fr. evaporer.]

1Sense 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.

2Sense 2. To escape or pass off without effect; to be dissipated; to be wasted; as, arguments evaporate in words; the spirit of a writer often evaporates in translating.

v. t. 1. To convert from a liquid or solid state into a gaseous, by the agency of heat, especially by the slow agency of natural heat; to dissipate in vapor or fumes.

☞ When artificial heat is employed, and the process is rapid, the term vaporize is more properly used, as in the production of steam.

2Sense 2. To give vent to; to pour out in words or sound. [Obs.]

My lord of Essex evaporated his thoughts in a sonnet. Watton.

a. [Lat. evaporatus, p. p. of evaporare.] Dispersed in vapors. Thomson.