Definition of: evaporate

(i·vap′ə·rāt) v. ·rat·ed, ·rat·ing v.t.
1. To convert into vapor, usually by application of heat; vaporize.
2. To remove moisture from by a drying or heating process; to concentrate (fruit, milk, etc.) by evaporation.
—v.i.
3. To become vapor; pass off as vapor.
4. To yield vapor.
5. To vanish; disappear. [<LL evaporatus, pp. of evaporare <e- out, away + vapor. See VAPOR.]
—e·vap′o·ra′tive adjective