Part 3972

<blockquote>Above all, the Servians . . . read, with much avidity, the <b>evangile</b> of their freedom. <i>Londor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Evanid</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>E*van"id</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>evanidus</ets>, fr. <ets>evanescere</ets>. See <er>Evanesce</er>.]</ety> <def>Liable to vanish or disappear; faint; weak; evanescent; <as>as, <ex>evanid</ex> color</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>They are very transistory and <b>evanid</b>. <i>Barrow.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Evanish</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>E*van"ish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>e-</ets> + <ets>vanish</ets>: cf. L. <ets>evanescere</ets>. See <er>Evanesce</er>, <er>vanish</er>.]</ety> <def>To vanish.</def>

<blockquote>Or like the rainbow's lovely form, <b>Evanishing</b> amid the storm. <i>Burns.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Evanishment</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>E*van"ish*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A vanishing; disappearance.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>T. Jefferson.</i>

<h1>Evaporable</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>E*vap"o*ra*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being converted into vapor, or dissipated by evaporation.</def>

<h1>Evaporate</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>E*vap"o*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Evaporated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Evaporating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>evaporatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>evaporare</ets>; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>vapor</ets> steam or vapor. See <er>Vapor</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To escape or pass off without effect; to be dissipated; to be wasted, <as>as, the spirit of writer often <ex>evaporates</ex> in the process of translation</as>.</def>

<blockquote>To give moderate liberty for griefs and discontents to <b>evaporate</b> . . . is a safe way. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Evaporate</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>E*vap"o*rate</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To convert from a liquid or solid state into vapor (usually) by the agency of heat; to dissipate in vapor or fumes.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion; to subject to evaporation; <as>as, to <ex>evaporate</ex> apples</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To give vent to; to dissipate.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>My lord of Essex <b>evaporated</b> his thoughts in a sonnet. <i>Sir. H. Wotton.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Evaporating surface</col> <fld>(Steam Boilers)</fld>, <cd>that part of the heating surface with which water is in contact.</cd></cs>

<h1>Evaporate</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>E*vap"o*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>evaporatus</ets>, p. p.]</ety> <def>Dispersed in vapors.</def>

<i>Thomson.</i>

<h1>Evaporation</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>E*vap`o*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>evaporatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>\'82vaporation</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The process by which any substance is converted from a liquid state into, and carried off in, vapor; <as>as, the <ex>evaporation</ex> of water, of ether, of camphor</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The transformation of a portion of a fluid into vapor, in order to obtain the fixed matter contained in it in a state of greater consistence.</def>