Evaporate

Definition of Evaporate

E`vap´o`rate
v. i.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.
[imp. & p. p. Evaporated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Evaporating .]
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.
To give moderate liberty for griefs and discontents to evaporate . . . is a safe way.
- Bacon.
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.
2.To expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion; to subject to evaporation; as, to evaporate apples.
3.To give vent to; to dissipate.
My lord of Essex evaporated his thoughts in a sonnet.
- Sir. H. Wotton.
Evaporating surface
(Steam Boilers) that part of the heating surface with which water is in contact.
a.1.Dispersed in vapors.

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