the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v. To render volatile; to cause to exhale or evaporate; to cause to pass off in vapor.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To cause to exhale or evaporate; cause to pass off or be diffused in vapor or invisible effluvia.
To become volatile; pass off or be diffused in the form of vapor.
Also spelled volatilise.
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v. make volatile; cause to pass off in a vapor
Word Usage
"As you begin to chew, some scent molecules volatilize and travel up to the olfactory organ through a “back door” - that is up a passage at the back of the throat and to the nose."