VAPORIFIC Definition & Meaning

vaporific

[ vey-puh-rif-ik ]

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adjective

producing vapor; tending to form vapor.
of, relating to, or of the nature of vapor; vaporous.

vaporific

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adjective

producing, causing, or tending to produce vapour
of, concerned with, or having the nature of vapour
tending to become vapour; volatile

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of vaporific¹

First recorded in 1775–85; vapor + -i- + -fic

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of vaporific¹

C18: from New Latin vaporificus, from Latin vapor steam + facere to make

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The waters, stored with their vaporific heat, are then carried aloft into the atmosphere till the rarest of the vapour reaches the very cold regions of the air, which immediately forms a small portion of it into a fleecy cloud.

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