Volatilize

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Volatilize \Vol"a*til*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Volatilized};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Volatilizing}.] [Cf. F. volatiliser.]
     To render volatile; to cause to exhale or evaporate; to cause
     to pass off in vapor.
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           The water . . . dissolving the oil, and volatilizing it
           by the action.                           --Sir I.
                                                    Newton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  volatilize
       v : make volatile; cause to pass off in a vapor [syn: {volatilise}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "volatilize":
     aerate, aerify, atomize, attenuate, blow off, carbonate,
     cast forth, chlorinate, clear away, dilute, dispel, dissipate,
     dissolve, distill, drive away, emit, etherify, etherize, evaporate,
     exhale, fluidize, fractionate, fume, fumigate, gasify, give off,
     hydrogenate, oxygenate, perfume, reek, send out, smoke, spray,
     steam, sublimate, sublime, thin, thin out, vaporize