evaporate
evap·or·ate [evaporate evaporates evaporated evaporating] BrE [ɪˈvæpəreɪt] NAmE [ɪˈvæpəreɪt] verb
1. intransitive, transitive if a liquid evaporates or if sth evaporates it, it changes into a gas, especially steam
•Heat until all the water has evaporated.
•~ sth The sun is constantly evaporating the earth's moisture.
2. intransitive to disappear, especially by gradually becoming less and less
•Her confidence had now completely evaporated.
•Their lead in the opinion polls evaporated overnight.
Derived Word: ↑evaporation
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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’.
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