vapor at i on

[Lat. vaporatio, from vapor at us, pa. par. of vaporo.] [VAPORATE.] 1. The act or proce of converting into vapor. "By conflagration and congelation, according to certain respects; by vapor at i on and evaporation." -Biblio theca Biblica, i. 438. 2. The state of pa ing off in vapor; evaporation. vā-põred, vā-põured, adj . [Eng. vapor ; -ed.] Affected with the vapors; peevish, dejected, splen etic.