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Vinony

volatilize

verb

  1. to render volatile; to cause to evaporate or disperse in vapour
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verb

Etymology: Etymology tree English volatile Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English volatilize From volatile + -ize.

  1. To make volatile; to cause to evaporate.

    “But the healthy breeze of a neighbouring heath, on which we bounded at pleaſure, volatilized the humours that improper food might have generated.”

  2. To make insubstantial; to dissipate.
  3. To become volatile; to evaporate.