/
ɪˈvapəreɪt/
v.
- turn from liquid into vapour.
- (of a quality, feeling, etc.) disappear.
Derivative
- evaporable adj.
- evaporation n.
- evaporative adj.
- evaporator n.
Etymology
ME: from L. evaporat-, evaporare, from e- (var. of ex-) ‘out of’ + vapor ‘steam, vapour’.