Volatilizing

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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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