verb (common).—To run away; to disappear. For synonyms, see AMPUTATE and SKEDADDLE.

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  1852.  DICKENS, Bleak House, ch. xxii., p. 191. Upon which the young man looking round, instantly EVAPORATES.

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  1854.  W. H. AINSWORTH, The Flitch of Bacon, pt. I., ch. x. You may EVAPORATE if you think proper, Sir G.; but split me if I stir a step.

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  1857.  REV. E. BRADLEY (‘Cuthbert Bede’), The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, an Oxford Freshman, pt. II., ch. ix. Mr. Bouncer EVAPORATES with a low bow, leaving the ladies to play with their parasols, and converse.

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