e·vap·o·rate 
(ĭ-văpə-rāt′)
(ĭ-văpə-rāt′)v. e·vap·o·rat·ed, e·vap·o·rat·ing, e·vap·o·rates
v.tr.
1.
a. To convert or change into a vapor.
b. To draw off in the form of vapor.
2. To draw moisture from, as by heating, leaving only the dry solid portion.
3. To deposit (a metal) on a substrate by vacuum sublimation.
v.intr.
1.
a. To change into vapor.
b. To pass off in or as vapor.
2. To produce vapor.
3. To disappear; vanish: Our fears at last evaporated. See Synonyms at disappear.
[Middle English evaporaten, from Latin ēvapōrāre, ēvapōrāt- : ē-, ex-, ex- + vapor, steam.]
e·vap′o·ration n.
e·vapo·ra′tive adj.
e·vapo·ra′tive·ly adv.
e·vap′o·ra·tivi·ty (-ərə-tĭvĭ-tē) n.
e·vapo·ra′tor n.