† avolatev.
Obsolete.
To fly off, escape, exhale, evaporate.
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the world > matter > gas > becoming or making into gas > make into gas or produce gas from [verb (transitive)] > make into vapour > evaporate
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to dry upc1385
consumea1398
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exhale1589
exhalate1599
waste1639
evaporate1646
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away in all directions > move away in all directions (of things) > fly away or escape (of particles, steam, etc.)
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1673 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 8 6024 Yet must not all the spirits avolate.
1712 P. Blair in Philos. Trans. 1710–12 (Royal Soc.) 27 73 Wherever these Particles avolate freely.
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