Evaporate vs. Evapourate

Evaporateverb

(intransitive) to transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state

Evapourateverb

sometimes encountered in the UK and Canada, but nowhere considered standard.

Evaporateverb

(transitive) to expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion

‘to evaporate apples’;

Evaporateverb

(transitive) to give vent to; to dissipate

Evaporateverb

(figuratively) to disappear; to escape or pass off without effect

Evaporateverb

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.

Evaporateverb

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.

‘To give moderate liberty for griefs and discontents to evaporate . . . is a safe way.’;

Evaporateverb

To convert from a liquid or solid state into vapor (usually) by the agency of heat; to dissipate in vapor or fumes.

Evaporateverb

To expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion; to subject to evaporation; as, to evaporate apples.

Evaporateverb

To give vent to; to dissipate.

‘My lord of Essex evaporated his thoughts in a sonnet.’;

Evaporateadjective

Dispersed in vapors.

Evaporateverb

lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue;

‘evaporate milk’;

Evaporateverb

cause to change into a vapor;

‘The chemist evaporated the water’;

Evaporateverb

change into a vapor;

‘The water evaporated in front of our eyes’;