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Vapor (n.)

Any substance in the gaseous, or aeriform, state, the condition of which is ordinarily that of a liquid or solid.

Vapor (n.)

In a loose and popular sense, any visible diffused substance floating in the atmosphere and impairing its transparency, as smoke, fog, etc.

Vapor (n.)

Wind; flatulence.

Vapor (n.)

Something unsubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting.

Vapor (n.)

An old name for hypochondria, or melancholy; the blues.

Vapor (n.)

A medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of inhaled vapor.

Vapor (n.)

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

Vapor (n.)

To emit vapor or fumes.

Vapor (n.)

To talk idly; to boast or vaunt; to brag.

Vapor (v. t.)

To send off in vapor, or as if in vapor; as, to vapor away a heated fluid.

Vaporability (n.)

The quality or state of being vaporable.

Vaporable (a.)

Capable of being converted into vapor by the agency of heat; vaporizable.

Vaporate (v. i.)

To emit vapor; to evaporate.

Vaporation (n.)

The act or process of converting into vapor, or of passing off in vapor; evaporation.

Vapored (imp. & p. p.)

of Vapor

Vapored (a.)

Wet with vapors; moist.

Vapored (a.)

Affected with the vapors. See Vapor, n., 5.

Vaporer (n.)

One who vapors; a braggart.

Vaporiferous (a.)

Conveying or producing vapor.

Vaporific (a.)

Producing vapor; tending to pass, or to cause to pass, into vapor; thus, volatile fluids are vaporific; heat is a vaporific agent.