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   evaporate

   /ɪˈvapəreɪt/

   verb

   • 1. turn from liquid into vapour: "cook until most of the liquid has evaporated" Similar vaporizebecome vapourvolatilizedry upvaporizeOpposite condensecondense
   • ▪ lose or cause to lose moisture or solvent as vapour: "the solution was evaporated to dryness" Similar dry outremove moisture fromdehydratedesiccatedehumidifyOpposite wet
   • ▪ (of something abstract) cease to exist: "the militancy of earlier years had evaporated in the wake of defeat" Similar endcome to an endcease to exist/bepass awaypassdie outbe no morefizzle outpeter outwear offvanishfadedisappearmelt awaydissolvedisperserare:evanesceOpposite materialize

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin evaporat- ‘changed into vapour’, from the verb evaporare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + vapor ‘steam, vapour’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. evaporable adjective
   • 2. evaporator noun

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • E

     1

   • V

     4

   • A

     1

   • P

     3

   • O

     1

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

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