Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.