adj dispersed in vapors.
2. evaporate ·vt to give vent to; to dissipate.
3. evaporate ·vt to convert from a liquid or solid state into vapor (usually) by the agency of heat; to dissipate in vapor or fumes.
4. evaporate ·vt 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.
5. evaporate ·vt to expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion; to subject to evaporation; as, to evaporate apples.
6. evaporate ·vt 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.