Origin: Latin
suffix -ate
Evaporate has 5 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
Verb
1
lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue
"evaporate milk"
2
cause to change into a vapor
"The chemist evaporated the water"
3
change into a vapor
"The water evaporated in front of our eyes"
4
become less intense and fade away gradually
"her resistance melted under his charm"
"her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance"
5
to transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state
Example Sentences
"evaporate milk"
verb
"The chemist evaporated the water"
verb
"The water evaporated in front of our eyes"
verb
"her resistance melted under his charm"
verb
"her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance"
verb
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Origin
The word evaporate comes from Latin ēvapōrātus, meaning "to evaporate." It entered English in 1545 with the original sense of drawing off bodily fluids or toxic matter by converting them into vapor.