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evaporate

Syllabification: (e·vap·o·rate)
Pronunciation: /iˈvapəˌrāt/
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Definition of evaporate

verb

  • turn from liquid into vapor: [no object]:cook until most of the liquid has evaporated [with object]:this gets the oil hot enough to evaporate any moisture
  • lose or cause to lose moisture or solvent as vapor: [with object]:the solution was evaporated to dryness
  • [no object] (of something abstract) cease to exist:the militancy of earlier years had evaporated in the wake of defeat

Derivatives

evaporable

Pronunciation: /-rəbəl/
adjective

evaporation

Pronunciation: /iˌvapəˈrāSHən/
noun

evaporator

Pronunciation: /-ˌrātər/
noun

Origin:

late Middle English: from Latin evaporat- 'changed into vapor', from the verb evaporare, from e- (variant of ex-) 'out of' + vapor 'steam, vapor'

Remember that evaporate and the related word evaporation are spelled with -por- in the middle.

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