vapored

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Vapored \Va"pored\, a.

1.Wet with vapors; moist. [1913 Webster]

2.Affected with the vapors. See Vapor, n., 5. [1913 Webster]


Vapor \Va"por\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Vapored; p. pr. & vb. n. Vaporing.] [From Vapor, n.: cf. L. vaporare.] [Written also vapour.] [1913 Webster]

1.To pass off in fumes, or as a moist, floating substance, whether visible or invisible, to steam; to be exhaled; to evaporate. [1913 Webster]

2.To emit vapor or fumes. [R.] [1913 Webster]

Running waters vapor not so much as standing waters.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]

3.To talk idly; to boast or vaunt; to brag. [1913 Webster]

Poets used to vapor much after this manner.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
We vapor and say, By this time Matthews has beaten them.— Walpole.[1913 Webster]
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