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evaporated \evaporated\ adj.
reduced in volume by having moisture expelled before canning;
same as {condensed}, 3; as, unsweetened evaporated milk.
[prenominal]

Syn: condensed(prenominal).
[WordNet 1.5]


Evaporate \E*vap"o*rate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Evaporated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Evaporating}.] [L. evaporatus, p. p. of
evaporare; e out vapor steam or vapor. See {Vapor}.]
1. To pass off in vapor, as a fluid; to escape and be
dissipated, either in visible vapor, or in particles too
minute to be visible.
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2. To escape or pass off without effect; to be dissipated; to
be wasted, as, the spirit of a writer often evaporates in
the process of translation.
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To give moderate liberty for griefs and discontents
to evaporate . . . is a safe way. --Bacon.
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