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evaporated

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e·vap·o·rate  (-vp-rt)
v. e·vap·o·rat·ed, e·vap·o·rat·ing, e·vap·o·rates
v.tr.
1.
a. To convert or change into a vapor.
b. To draw off in the form of vapor.
2. To draw moisture from, as by heating, leaving only the dry solid portion.
3. To deposit (a metal) on a substrate by vacuum sublimation.
v.intr.
1.
a. To change into vapor.
b. To pass off in or as vapor.
2. To produce vapor.
3. To disappear; vanish: Our fears at last evaporated. See Synonyms at disappear.
[Middle English evaporaten, from Latin vaprre, vaprt- : -, ex-, ex- + vapor, steam.]
e·vapo·ration n.
e·vapo·rative adj.
e·vapo·rative·ly adv.
e·vapo·ra·tivi·ty (-r-tv-t) n.
e·vapo·rator n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.evaporated - drawn off in the form of vapor; "evaporated molecules boil off"
gaseous - existing as or having characteristics of a gas; "steam is water is the gaseous state"


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The ground trembled, while these molten waves, launching into the sky their wreaths of smoke, evaporated the moisture of the mould and hurled it upward through the vent-holes of the stone lining in the form of dense vapor-clouds.
From The Earth To The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
At the end of the perspective, both seemed to have given a spring with their feet, which made them vanish as if evaporated into cloud-land.
The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Finally, all other difficulties being obviated, woman cannot take advantage of these preliminary reforms until she herself shall have undergone a still mightier change, in which, perhaps, the ethereal essence, wherein she has her truest life, will be found to have evaporated.
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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