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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Evaporate  \E*vap"o*rate\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Evaporated};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Evaporating}.]  [L.  evaporatus  p.  p.  of 
  evaporare;  e  out  +  vapor  steam  or  vapor.  See  {Vapor}.] 
  1.  To  pass  off  in  vapor,  as  a  fluid;  to  escape  and  be 
  dissipated,  either  in  visible  vapor,  or  in  practice  too 
  minute  to  be  visible. 
 
  2.  To  escape  or  pass  off  without  effect;  to  be  dissipated;  to 
  be  wasted,  as  the  spirit  of  writer  often  evaporates  in 
  the  process  of  translation. 
 
  To  give  moderate  liberty  for  griefs  and  discontents 
  to  evaporate  .  .  .  is  a  safe  way  --Bacon. 




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