Poets used to vapor much after this manner.
Milton.
We vapor and say, By this time Matthews has beaten them.
Walpole.
Va"por, v. t. To send off in vapor, or as if in vapor; as, to vapor
away a heated fluid. [Written also vapour.]
He'd laugh to see one throw his heart away, Another, sighing, vapor
forth his soul.
B. Jonson.
Vap`o*ra*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being vaporable.
Vap"o*ra*ble (?), a. Capable of being converted into vapor by the
agency of heat; vaporizable.
Vap"o*rate (?), v. i. [L. vaporare, vaporatum. See Vapor.] To emit
vapor; to evaporate. [R.]
Vap`o*ra"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. vaporation, L. vaporatio.] The act or
process of converting into vapor, or of passing off in vapor;
evaporation. [R.]
Va"pored (?), a. 1. Wet with vapors; moist.