EVAPORATE

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1892 · p. 37

v. tr. and intr. E-vaap'o-rat. Lat., evaporare. Fr., evaporer. Ger., abdampfen, abdunsten, e vaporiren, verdampfen, verdunsten. It., evaporare. Sp., evaporar. 1. To convert from a solid or liquid state into a gaseous, by means of slow artificial or natural heat. 2. To undergo such a conversion, [a, 17, 27.] [s. 778]