Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Volatilize \Vol"a*til*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Volatilized};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Volatilizing}.] [Cf. F. volatiliser.]
   To render volatile; to cause to exhale or evaporate; to cause
   to pass off in vapor.

         The water . . . dissolving the oil, and volatilizing it
         by the action.                           --Sir I.
                                                  Newton.

Source : WordNet®

volatilize
     v : make volatile; cause to pass off in a vapor [syn: {volatilise}]