evaporate

== English == === Etymology === First attested in 1545, borrowed from Latin ēvapōrātus, the perfect passive participle of ēvapōrō (“to evaporate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). See also Middle English evaporaten (“to draw off humors or "spirits" as "vapor"”) and evaporen (“to draw off bodily fluid, an excess or toxic matter by converting it into "vapor"; to treat (a part of the body) by drawing off toxic matter converted into "vapor"”). Participial usage up until Early Modern English. === Pronunciation === (UK, US, Canada) IPA(key): /ɪˈvæp.ə.ɹeɪt/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɪˈvæp.ə.ɹæɪt/ (less common) IPA(key): /i-/ === Verb === evaporate (third-person singular simple present evaporates, present participle evaporating, simple past and past participle evaporated) (ergative) To transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state. Coordinate term: sublimate (transitive) To expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion. (transitive, figuratively) To give vent to; to dissipate. (intransitive, figurative) To disappear; to escape or pass off without effect. Near-synonym: go up in smoke (transitive, figurative) To cause to disappear or to escape or pass off without effect. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== evaporation evaporator vapour ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === evaporate (comparative more evaporate, superlative most evaporate) (obsolete) evaporated == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== evaporate inflection of evaporare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== evaporate f pl feminine plural of evaporato === Anagrams === operavate == Latin == === Participle === ēvapōrāte vocative masculine singular of ēvapōrātus == Spanish == === Verb === evaporate second-person singular voseo imperative of evaporar combined with te