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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)