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evaporate
What does evaporate mean?
evaporate (verb): to transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce evaporate?
/ɪˈvæpəˌɹeɪt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does evaporate come from?
First attested in 1545, borrowed from Latin ēvapōrātus, the perfect passive participle of ēvapōrō (“to evaporate”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “evaporate” mean?
to persuade someone not to do something; to discourage
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to transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state
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to guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc
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remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
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