† eˈvapour, v. Obs.
In 6–7 evapore, 7 -oure.
[a. Fr. évapore-r, ad. late L. ēvapōr-āre: see evaporate v.]
1. trans. To send up in vapour; to emit.
| 1615 G. Sandys Trav. (1632) 243 ætna..black clouds euaporeth to skies. |
2. intr. To be exhaled or given out like a vapour; = evaporate v. 6 b.
| 1545 T. Raynalde Byrth Mankynde 38 The yealowisshe swet which euaporith continually from the skin of thinfant whylst it is in the womb. 1611 Cotgr. s.v. Eau [as in Raynold]. 1612 Sturtevant Metallica (1854) 96 No..unsauory smells euapoure out or presse through them. |
† 3. trans. To subject to a vapour bath; to steam. Obs.
| 1543 Traheron Vigo's Chirurg. ii. xiii. 60 It sufficeth than to evapore the mattier by the decoction of thynges anodyne (that is to say) whiche take away payne. |