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2 definitions found 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: evaporated adj 1: drawn off in the form of vapor; "evaporated molecules boil off" 2: used of milk; reduced in volume by having moisture expelled before canning [syn: {condensed(a)}, {evaporated(a)}]
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