Hypertext Webster Gateway: "evaporated"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Evaporate \E*vap"o*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Evaporated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Evaporating}.] [L. evaporatus, p. p. of
evaporare; e out + vapor steam or vapor. See {Vapor}.]
1. To pass off in vapor, as a fluid; to escape and be
dissipated, either in visible vapor, or in practice too
minute to be visible.
2. To escape or pass off without effect; to be dissipated; to
be wasted, as, the spirit of writer often evaporates in
the process of translation.
To give moderate liberty for griefs and discontents
to evaporate . . . is a safe way. --Bacon.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
evaporated
adj 1: drawn off in the form of vapor; "evaporated molecules boil
off"
2: used of milk; reduced in volume by having moisture expelled
before canning [syn: {condensed(a)}, {evaporated(a)}]
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