資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Vapor \Va"por\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Vapored}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Vaporing}.] [From {Vapor}, n.: cf. L. vaporare.] [Written
also {vapour}.]
1. To pass off in fumes, or as a moist, floating substance,
whether visible or invisible, to steam; to be exhaled; to
evaporate.
2. To emit vapor or fumes. [R.]
Running waters vapor not so much as standing waters.
--Bacon.
3. To talk idly; to boast or vaunt; to brag.
Poets used to vapor much after this manner.
--Milton.
We vapor and say, By this time Matthews has beaten
them. --Walpole.
Vapored \Va"pored\, a.
1. Wet with vapors; moist.
2. Affected with the vapors. See {Vapor}, n., 5.