† deˈvaporate, v. Obs.
[f. de- II. 1 + L. vapōr-em vapour, after evaporate.]
a. trans. To bring out of the state of vapour; to condense. b. intr. To become condensed, or deprived of vapour. Hence † devapoˈration.
| 1787 E. Darwin in Phil. Trans. LXXVIII. 49 The privation of heat may be esteemed the principal cause of devaporation. Ibid. 50 The deduction of a small quantity of heat from a cloud or province of vapour..will devaporate the whole. Ibid. 52 The air..by its expansion produces cold and devaporates. 1789 Ann. Reg. 127 The vapour..is brought to the summit of mountains by the atmosphere, and being there devaporated slides down between the strata. |